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Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2009
Applicants:

Pankaj Aggarwal, Lake Mary, FL (US);

Hrishikesh Gossain, Lake Mary, FL (US);

Avinash Joshi, Lake Mary, FL (US);

Manish Shukla, Altamonte Springs, FL (US);

Inventors:

Pankaj Aggarwal, Lake Mary, FL (US);

Hrishikesh Gossain, Lake Mary, FL (US);

Avinash Joshi, Lake Mary, FL (US);

Manish Shukla, Altamonte Springs, FL (US);

Assignee:

Motorola Solutions, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for determining a link metric for a communication link along a path between a source node to a destination node is provided. A node can generate a link metric (LM) for the communication link between the particular node and next-hop node towards the destination node in the path based on a plurality of variables. The node can determine the LM for the communication link based on a plurality of variables including: bandwidth on the communication link, a number of spatial streams used to transmit over the communication link, and a guard interval used used to transmit over the communication link.


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