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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
May. 21, 2015
Silicon Laboratories, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Richard Kelsey, Belmont, MA (US);
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
In some cases, it may be desirable to limit the number of routers in a mesh network. Various techniques to limit the number of routers, without affecting connectivity, are disclosed. In some embodiments, a node enables its router capability if there are less than a predetermined number of routers already in the network. In other embodiments, a node enables its routing capability only is it is necessary to resolve a connectivity issue or a biconnectivity issue. In some cases, a node, which previously enabled its router capability, may no longer be required to be a router. In some embodiments, this node, upon making this determination, disables its routing capability.