Title:
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING THE QUALITY OF A LINK IN A WIRELESS NETWORK
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004109474
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A system and method for characterizing the quality of a link, in particular, a bi-directional link, between nodes in a wireless communication network, such as a wireless ad-hoc peer-to-peer network, with minimum network overhead. The system and method determine the quality of link between two nodes by taking into consideration the view from both the nodes, and factors such as signal strength, signal-to-noise ratio or any statistic collected at the physical layer that is deemed representative of the quality of a link. The link quality can also be adjusted using a weighting factor.
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Inventors:
JOSHI AVINASH (US)
STRUTT GUENAEL T (US)
STRUTT GUENAEL T (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2004/018127
Publication Date:
May 19, 2005
Filing Date:
June 07, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MESHNETWORKS INC (US)
JOSHI AVINASH (US)
STRUTT GUENAEL T (US)
JOSHI AVINASH (US)
STRUTT GUENAEL T (US)
International Classes:
H04L12/28; H04L12/56; H04W24/00; H04W40/14; H04W48/08; H04W88/04; H04L29/08; H04W40/18; H04W84/18; H04W92/18; (IPC1-7): G06F15/173
Foreign References:
| US20020101822A1 | 2002-08-01 | |||
| US20040032847A1 | 2004-02-19 | |||
| US20030161268A1 | 2003-08-28 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1631915A4
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