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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2015
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Nec Laboratories America, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Lusheng Ji, Randolph, NJ (US);
Chonggang Wang, Princeton, NJ (US);
Ting Wang, West Windsor, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
NEC Laboratories America, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
Data is routed in a mesh network of devices that can communicate wirelessly through a plurality of technologies. One or more of such devices receive broadcast message(s) from a destination device intended to receive the data, and generate a first radio link quality metric (RLQM) value based on the broadcast message(s). A source device originates and delivers a quantum of data with an embedded first RLQM value. A set of intermediate devices relays the quantum of data if a forwarding criterion is fulfilled; the forwarding criterion is based in part on the first RLQM value and a second RLQM value generated by an intermediate device in the set of intermediate devices based on the broadcast message(s). The intermediate device exploits an optical interface to transmit the quantum of data. The destination device broadcasts an acknowledgement signal in response to receiving intended data.