United States Patent 9,474,009
Deenoo , et al. October 18, 2016
Method and apparatus for directional mesh initialization
Abstract
A method and apparatus for association in a mesh network may be disclosed. A method in a new node may include performing a discovery procedure with a plurality of peer nodes in the mesh network, initiating a temporary association procedure with each peer node, selecting a set of peer nodes from the plurality of peer nodes based on a selection algorithm at least based on a signal-to-interference and noise ratio (SINR) with each peer node and an interference impact of each peer node, and performing a final association with the selected set of peer nodes.
Inventors:
Deenoo; Yugeswar (King of Prussia, PA), Roy; Arnab (East Norriton, PA), Pragada; Ravikumar V. (Collegeville, PA), Sahin; Onur (Brooklyn, NY), Pietraski; Philip J. (Jericho, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002176693
Appl. No.:
14/766,051
Filed:
February 5, 2014
PCT Filed:
February 05, 2014
PCT No.:
PCT/US2014/014942
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
August 05, 2015
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2014/124048
PCT Pub. Date:
August 14, 2014
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150373618 A1 Dec 24, 2015
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61761962 Feb 7, 2013
61874512 Sep 6, 2013
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 40/16 (20130101); H04W 8/005 (20130101); H04W 56/005 (20130101); H04W 72/082 (20130101); H04L 41/12 (20130101); H04W 40/12 (20130101); H04W 84/18 (20130101); H04W 84/22 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 40/16 (20090101); H04W 8/00 (20090101); H04W 56/00 (20090101); H04W 72/08 (20090101); H04L 12/24 (20060101); H04W 84/22 (20090101); H04W 40/12 (20090101); H04W 84/18 (20090101)
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