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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2012
Applicant:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Linda M. Zeger, Lexington, MA (US);
Jason M. Cloud, Cambridge, MA (US);
Muriel Medard, Belmont, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04H 20/71 (2008.01); H04J 1/10 (2006.01); H04B 3/36 (2006.01); H04L 5/16 (2006.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 72/10 (2009.01); H04B 7/155 (2006.01); H04W 28/08 (2009.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 5/16 (2013.01); H04B 7/155 (2013.01); H04L 1/0057 (2013.01); H04L 1/0075 (2013.01); H04L 1/0076 (2013.01); H04W 28/08 (2013.01); H04W 72/0466 (2013.01); H04W 72/0493 (2013.01); H04W 72/10 (2013.01); H04W 72/1263 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04L 63/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Network coding and multiple packet reception (MPR) are used together in a wireless network. In at least one implementation, a novel medium access control (MAC) protocol is provided that enhances throughput in a wireless mesh network that uses network coding and MPR by providing fairness to information flows, rather than fairness to individual nodes.