Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method comprises: receiving, by a parent network device in a directed acyclic graph (DAG) network topology, a data packet destined toward a DAG root and having been output by a target device in the network topology; identifying, by the parent network device based on the received data packet, an identifiable condition for caching a downward path enabling the parent network device to reach the target device independent of any route table entry in the parent network device; and caching, in the parent network device, the downward path enabling the parent network device to reach the target device independent of any route table entry in the parent network device.
Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method comprises identifying an age of payload data in a data packet by a wireless network node configured for transmitting the data packet to a multi-hop destination via a wireless mesh network; determining by the wireless network node a schedule for the data packet reaching the multi-hop destination; and the wireless network node prioritizing queuing of the data packet for Collision Sense with Multiple Access and Collision Avoidance (CSMA-CA) based wireless transmission in the wireless mesh network based on the corresponding age, relative to the schedule and respective ages of other data packets awaiting transmission by the wireless network node to the destination, where a higher-aged data packet relative to the schedule is granted have a higher priority than a lower-aged data packet relative to the schedule.
Abstract:
Systems and techniques for dynamically optimizing a wireless network topology to minimize energy consumption while preserving user quality of experience (QoE) are described. An example technique includes determining a set of applications that have a target service level agreement (SLA). Network traffic is monitored from the set of applications being executed by one or more client STAs within a network. A topology of the network is dynamically adapted to reduce an amount of energy consumption in the network while maintaining a threshold amount of the network traffic that satisfies the target SLA, based on monitoring the network traffic.
Abstract:
In one embodiment, techniques for adaptive forward error correction (FEC) in LPWANS are disclosed. The techniques may include determining, by a process, for a block of messages transmitted through a computer network with forward error correction, whether any unrecovered data loss occurred during transmission; increasing, by the process, a level of forward error correction used to transmit through the computer network in response to unrecovered data loss; and/or decreasing, by the process, the level of forward error correction used to transmit through the computer network in response to no unrecovered data loss.
Abstract:
In one embodiment, an illustrative method herein may comprise: receiving, at a first edge device, a direct indication from a second edge device that a mobile device has moved from the first to the second edge device; determining, based on the direct indication, a first time at which the mobile device attached to the second edge device; receiving a network routing update message indicative of a routing update for the mobile device having moved to the second edge device; determining, based on the network routing update message, a second time at which convergence completed at the first edge device; and calculating a convergence time for the mobile device to be detected as having moved to the second edge device based on a difference between the first time and the second time.
Abstract:
In one embodiment, a client device enters an area having an overhead mesh of access points, each access point comprising one or more directional transmitters each configured to transmit a beam cone in a substantially downward direction towards a floor of the area. The client device obtains an area-dependent communication schedule for the overhead mesh that is exclusive or partially-exclusive to the client device for the area. The client device sends, during an arbitrary timeslot of the area-dependent communication schedule, a pull request. The client device receives, from a particular access point in the overhead mesh, a packet in response to the pull request.
Abstract:
In one embodiment, a controller identifies access points forming an overhead mesh of access points in an area, each access point comprising one or more directional transmitters each configured to transmit a beam cone in a substantially downward direction towards a floor of the area. The controller determines coverage areas on the floor of the area for the one or more directional transmitters of the access points in the overhead mesh. The controller generates, based on the coverage areas, alternating communication schedules for the access points such that a client device at any given location on the floor of the area is within range of a plurality of receiving access points in the overhead mesh and at least one transmitting access point in the overhead mesh at a certain point in time. The controller sends the communication schedules to the access points.
Abstract:
A source access network device multicasts copies of a packet to multiple core switches, for switching to a same target access network device. The core switches are selected for the multicast based on a load balancing algorithm managed by a central controller. The target access network device receives at least one of the copies of the packet and generates at least metric indicative of a level of traffic congestion at the core switches and feeds back information regarding the recorded at least one metric to the controller. The controller adjusts the load balancing algorithm based on the fed back information for selection of core switches for a subsequent data flow.
Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method comprises promiscuously detecting, by a network device in a wireless data network having a tree-based topology for reaching a root device, a wireless data packet transmitted by a source network device and specifying a destination device in the wireless data network; determining, by the network device, that the destination device is within a first sub-topology provided by the network device to reach the root device, wherein the source network device is within a second distinct sub-topology provided by a parent device of the source network device to reach the root device; and causing installation of a bypass path, bypassing the root device, based on the network device generating and transmitting an instruction to the parent device to install a route entry causing a data packet destined for the destination device to be routed by the parent device directly to the network device.