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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2015
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Xiangpeng Jing, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Abhishek P. Patil, San Diego, CA (US);
Aixin Liu, San Diego, CA (US);
Djung N. Nguyen, San Diego, CA (US);
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
SONY ELECTRONICS INC., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for a multi-tier wireless home mesh network is described. The method may include formation of an infrastructure-less wireless home mesh networking environment comprising a collection of nodes that operate as a decentralized, ad hoc wireless network with multiple sub-networks or tiers that, are responsible for different functions within the network. Each node of the multi-tier network is configured to forward data to other nodes and is assigned to a particular tier based on the node's performance capabilities. A further embodiment includes identification of a wireless home mesh network. Once identified, one or more proprietary messages may be exchanged in a secure manner to establish connections with a home electronics device as either a mobile node or a stationary node of the home network. A home electronics device may wirelessly communicate to route data within one or more nodes of the wireless home mesh network. Other embodiments are described and claimed.