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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2011
Applicants:
Zhong Fan, Bristol, GB;
Sedat Gormus, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Zhong Fan, Bristol, GB;
Sedat Gormus, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/16 (2009.01); H04L 12/725 (2013.01); H04L 12/753 (2013.01); H04W 40/22 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/16 (2013.01); H04L 45/302 (2013.01); H04L 45/48 (2013.01); H04W 40/22 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Opportunistic forwarding of packet based communication is implemented by way of attention to link quality to determine a suitable prioritised route for communication. Ranking of potential routes (or the next hop in a route) can be conducted locally, with reference to a link quality metric also. Channel access by nodes of the same rank in a graph based network can be by way of link quality also.