公开(公告)号：US11509583B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-22

申请号：US16928965

申请日：2020-07-14

申请人： Firetide, Inc.

发明人： Bhargav Ramachandra Bellur ,  Ravi Prakash ,  Amar Singhal ,  Jorjeta Gueorguieva Jetcheva

IPC分类号： H04W40/02 ,  H04L47/122 ,  H04L43/0882 ,  H04L45/12 ,  H04L45/16

摘要： Enhanced mesh network performance is provided by computation of a path metric with respect to multi-hop paths between nodes in a mesh network and determination of a path through the mesh network that is optimal according to the path metric. Information is communicated in the mesh network according to the determined path. Nodes in the mesh network are enabled to communicate via one or more wireless links and/or one or more wired links. The path metric optionally includes an effective bandwidth path metric having elements (listed from highest to lowest conceptual priority) including an inverse of a sustainable data rate, a number of wireless links, and a number of wireless and wired links. The sustainable data rate is a measure of communication bandwidth that is deliverable by a path for a period of time. Accounting is made for interference between contiguous wireless links operating on the same channel.

公开(公告)号：US10051531B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-14

申请号：US15455026

申请日：2017-03-09

申请人： FIRETIDE, INC.

发明人： Sudhir Hirudayaraj ,  Krishna Belathur Srinivasa Prasad

IPC分类号： H04W36/00 ,  H04W8/02 ,  H04W84/00

摘要： A wireless network infrastructure, comprising static and roaming mobile nodes (including one or more types of access-points), avoids unnecessary handoffs and unstable RF regions, and enables at least selected context-aware-capable mobile nodes to provide context-aware services to connected clients. More particularly, each of at least selected static nodes is enabled to provide the context-aware-capable mobile nodes with context information regarding the static node's relative position and direction, details of information served by the static node, special flags indicative of relevant impending changes in the foregoing parameters, and a range of signal strength values defining a stable RF zone for associated mobile nodes. Each context-aware-capable mobile node accordingly creates a context map that at least in part enables determination of the mobile node's next change in static node association and the preferred timing for the change.

公开(公告)号：US20150110104A1

公开(公告)日：2015-04-23

申请号：US14046950

申请日：2013-10-05

申请人： FIRETIDE, INC.

发明人： Jorjeta Gueorguieva JETCHEVA ,  Sachin KANODIA ,  Murali Sundaramoorthy REPAKULA ,  Sivakumar KAILAS

IPC分类号： H04L12/721 ,  H04L12/803 ,  H04L12/707

CPC分类号： H04L41/0668 ,  H04L12/18 ,  H04L12/4633 ,  H04L41/0654 ,  H04L45/124 ,  H04L45/22 ,  H04L45/44 ,  H04L47/125 ,  H04W40/00 ,  H04W84/22 ,  H04W88/16

摘要： A mesh network, operating as a virtual Ethernet switch, includes multiple nodes operating as Mesh Network Gateway Interfaces (mesh NGIs) enabled for communication with one or more shared access networks. Selectively coupling the multiple NGIs to the same shared access network provides redundancy and load balancing aimed at improving the reliability and performance of the network. A first architecture is based on a gateway group, including a plurality of NGIs enabled to communicate with a single shared access network via a designated broadcast server elected from among the NGIs. A second architecture is based on a plurality of (physical) NGIs enabled to communicate with a single shared access network via one or more designated nodes in the shared access network. The designated nodes, or Mesh Servers (MSs), operate as virtual NGIs, and traffic entering or exiting the mesh flows through one of the MSs, thus improving packet broadcast efficiency.

摘要翻译： 作为虚拟以太网交换机运行的网状网络包括多个节点，作为启用与一个或多个共享接入网络进行通信的Mesh网络网关接口（mesh NGI）一起运行。 将多个NGI选择性地耦合到同一共享接入网络，提供冗余和负载均衡，以提高网络的可靠性和性能。 第一架构基于网关组，包括多个NGI，能够通过从NGI中选出的指定广播服务器与单个共享接入网络进行通信。 第二架构基于能够经由共享接入网络中的一个或多个指定节点与单个共享接入网络通信的多个（物理）NGI。 指定节点或网状服务器（MS）作为虚拟NGI运行，进入或退出网络的流量流经其中一个MS，从而提高分组广播效率。

公开(公告)号：US20150103813A1

公开(公告)日：2015-04-16

申请号：US14286461

申请日：2014-05-23

申请人： Firetide, Inc.

发明人： Jorjeta Gueorguieva Jetcheva ,  Sachin Kanodia ,  Murali Sundaramoorthy Repakula ,  Mohan Natarajan

IPC分类号： H04W40/02

CPC分类号： H04W40/38 ,  H04L45/122 ,  H04L45/22 ,  H04L45/26 ,  H04L45/36 ,  H04L49/1584 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W40/02 ,  H04W40/023 ,  H04W40/28 ,  H04W40/34 ,  H04W84/18

摘要： Various embodiments implement a set of low overhead mechanisms to enable on-demand routing protocols. The on-demand protocols use route accumulation during discovery floods to discover when better paths have become available even if the paths that the protocols are currently using are not broken. In other words, the mechanisms (or “Route Optimizations”) enable improvements to routes even while functioning routes are available. The Route Optimization mechanisms enable nodes in the network that passively learn routing information to notify nodes that need to know of changes in the routing information when the changes are important. Learning routing information on up-to-date paths and determining nodes that would benefit from the information is performed, in some embodiments, without any explicit control packet exchange. One of the Route Optimization mechanisms includes communicating information describing an improved route from a node where the improved route diverges from a less nearly optimal route.

摘要翻译： 各种实施例实现一组低开销机制以实现按需路由协议。 按需协议在发现洪水期间使用路由累积，以便在更好的路径变得可用时发现，即使协议当前使用的路径没有被破坏。 换句话说，机制（或“路由优化”）可以改善路由，即使有功能的路由可用。 路由优化机制使得网络中的节点被动地学习路由信息，以便在更改重要时通知需要知道路由信息中的更改的节点。 在一些实施例中，在没有任何明确的控制分组交换的情况下，执行在最新路径上学习路由信息并确定将从该信息中受益的节点。 路由优化机制之一包括传达描述改进路由的改进路由的信息，其中改进路由从较不接近最优路由发散。

公开(公告)号：US07969942B2

公开(公告)日：2011-06-28

申请号：US12404170

申请日：2009-03-13

申请人： Sachin Kanodia ,  Mohan Natarajan ,  Jorjeta Gueorguieva Jetcheva

发明人： Sachin Kanodia ,  Mohan Natarajan ,  Jorjeta Gueorguieva Jetcheva

IPC分类号： H04W4/00

CPC分类号： H04W28/085 ,  H04L45/245 ,  H04L45/26 ,  H04L47/10 ,  H04L47/125 ,  H04L47/14 ,  H04W28/08 ,  H04W40/02 ,  H04W84/18

摘要： In a mesh network composed of multiple-radio nodes, we assign each radio to one of a plurality of channels, and treat a plurality of links between a pair of nodes as one logical link (bonded link). In some embodiments, the routing protocol is adapted to view each bonded link as one link having a combination of at least some of the properties of the constituent physical links. Traffic sent along a path is dynamically load balanced between the interfaces at each intermediate node based on the current utilization of each interface. In at least some embodiments, route discovery packets record the metrics of each component link of the bonded links leaving a node, but only one route discovery packet per pair of nodes is forwarded, reducing the route discovery packet traffic compared to if each route discovery packet were forwarded over each component link between the pair of nodes.

摘要翻译： 在由多个无线电节点组成的网状网络中，我们将每个无线电分配给多个信道中的一个，并且将一对节点之间的多个链路视为一个逻辑链路（绑定链路）。 在一些实施例中，路由协议适于将每个绑定链路视为具有组成物理链路的至少一些属性的组合的一个链路。 根据每个接口的当前利用率，沿着路径发送的流量在每个中间节点的接口之间动态负载平衡。 在至少一些实施例中，路由发现分组记录离开节点的绑定链路的每个分量链路的度量，但是每对节点仅转发一个路由发现分组，与每个路由发现分组相比减少了路由发现分组流量 被转发通过该对节点之间的每个组件链路。

公开(公告)号：US20100296494A1

公开(公告)日：2010-11-25

申请号：US12812458

申请日：2009-01-13

申请人： Sachin Kanodia ,  Kota Rathnamaiah Sharath Kumar ,  Mohan Natarajan ,  Pramod Jathavedan Akkarachittor

发明人： Sachin Kanodia ,  Kota Rathnamaiah Sharath Kumar ,  Mohan Natarajan ,  Pramod Jathavedan Akkarachittor

IPC分类号： H04W72/12

CPC分类号： H04L5/0039 ,  H04L47/14 ,  H04L47/20 ,  H04L47/2408 ,  H04L47/26 ,  H04W28/12 ,  H04W28/24

摘要： Differentiated services are provided through service level agreements (SLAs) between access nodes and some of the clients using a wireless access network. Client devices include internal devices that are compliant with service-related specifi-cations published by the access nodes. Client devices also may include non-compliant external and legacy devices, as well as out-side interferers. The access nodes control target SLAs for each client device. The access nodes and the internal client devices per-form rate limiting to ensure that a device's target SLA is adhered to. The service-related specifications include schedules to ensure preferential access for preferred internal client devices. The internal client devices send usage and bandwidth availability feedback to the access node they are associated with, enabling the access node to come up with better schedules for meeting the preferred internal devices' SLAs in view of the network conditions reported via the feedback.

摘要翻译： 通过接入节点与使用无线接入网络的某些客户端之间的业务级协议（SLA）提供差分服务。 客户端设备包括符合访问节点发布的与服务相关的规范的内部设备。 客户端设备还可以包括不兼容的外部和遗留设备以及外部干扰源。 接入节点控制每个客户端设备的目标SLA。 访问节点和内部客户端设备每个速率限制，以确保设备的目标SLA得到遵守。 服务相关规范包括计划，以确保首选内部客户端设备的优先访问。 内部客户端设备向与其相关联的接入节点发送使用和带宽可用性反馈，使得接入节点能够根据通过反馈报告的网络状况，找到更好的时间表以满足优选的内部设备的SLA。

公开(公告)号：US20230379952A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-23

申请号：US18131808

申请日：2023-04-06

申请人： FIRETIDE, INC.

发明人： Jorjeta JETCHEVA ,  Ravi PRAKASH ,  Vinay GUPTA ,  Sachin KANODIA ,  Mohan NATARAJAN

IPC分类号： H04W72/541 ,  H04W72/27 ,  H04W72/29 ,  H04W72/52 ,  H04L41/12

CPC分类号： H04W72/541 ,  H04W72/27 ,  H04W72/29 ,  H04W72/52 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04W72/121

摘要： Channel assignment for wireless access networks is directed toward improved overall communication capability of the networks. A network is formed of wireless access points (APs) coupled via wired (and/or wireless) links and enabled to communicate with clients via radio channels of each of the APs. Local information is collected at each of the APs and processed to determine channel assignments according to a Neighbor Impact Metric (NIM) that accounts for one-hop and two-hop neighbors as well as neighbors not part of the network. Optionally, the NIM accounts for traffic load on the APs. The channel assignments are determined either on a centralized resource (such as a server or one of the APs) or via a distributed scheme across the APs. The local information includes how busy a channel is and local operating conditions such as error rate and interference levels.

公开(公告)号：US11659580B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-23

申请号：US16841234

申请日：2020-04-06

申请人： FIRETIDE, INC.

发明人： Jorjeta Jetcheva ,  Ravi Prakash ,  Vinay Gupta ,  Sachin Kanodia ,  Mohan Natarajan

IPC分类号： H04W72/08 ,  H04W72/541 ,  H04W72/27 ,  H04W72/29 ,  H04W72/52 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04W72/121 ,  H04W88/08

CPC分类号： H04W72/541 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04W72/27 ,  H04W72/29 ,  H04W72/52 ,  H04W72/121 ,  H04W88/08

摘要： Channel assignment for wireless access networks is directed toward improved overall communication capability of the networks. A network is formed of wireless access points (APs) coupled via wired (and/or wireless) links and enabled to communicate with clients via radio channels of each of the APs. Local information is collected at each of the APs and processed to determine channel assignments according to a Neighbor Impact Metric (NIM) that accounts for one-hop and two-hop neighbors as well as neighbors not part of the network. Optionally, the NIM accounts for traffic load on the APs. The channel assignments are determined either on a centralized resource (such as a server or one of the APs) or via a distributed scheme across the APs. The local information includes how busy a channel is and local operating conditions such as error rate and interference levels.

公开(公告)号：US20210058933A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-25

申请号：US16841234

申请日：2020-04-06

申请人： FIRETIDE, INC.

发明人： Jorjeta JETCHEVA ,  Ravi PRAKASH ,  Vinay GUPTA ,  Sachin KANODIA ,  Mohan NATARAJAN

IPC分类号： H04W72/08 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04L12/24

摘要： Channel assignment for wireless access networks is directed toward improved overall communication capability of the networks. A network is formed of wireless access points (APs) coupled via wired (and/or wireless) links and enabled to communicate with clients via radio channels of each of the APs. Local information is collected at each of the APs and processed to determine channel assignments according to a Neighbor Impact Metric (NIM) that accounts for one-hop and two-hop neighbors as well as neighbors not part of the network. Optionally, the NIM accounts for traffic load on the APs. The channel assignments are determined either on a centralized resource (such as a server or one of the APs) or via a distributed scheme across the APs. The local information includes how busy a channel is and local operating conditions such as error rate and interference levels.

公开(公告)号：US09979654B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-22

申请号：US14997879

申请日：2016-01-18

申请人： Firetide, Inc.

发明人： Bhargav Ramachandra Bellur ,  Ravi Prakash ,  Amar Singhal ,  Jorjeta Gueorguieva Jetcheva

IPC分类号： H04W40/00 ,  H04L12/803 ,  H04L12/26 ,  H04L12/721 ,  H04W40/02 ,  H04L12/761

CPC分类号： H04L47/122 ,  H04L43/0882 ,  H04L45/123 ,  H04L45/124 ,  H04L45/16 ,  H04W40/02

摘要： Enhanced mesh network performance is provided by computation of a path metric with respect to multi-hop paths between nodes in a mesh network and determination of a path through the mesh network that is optimal according to the path metric. Information is communicated in the mesh network according to the determined path. Nodes in the mesh network are enabled to communicate via one or more wireless links and/or one or more wired links. The path metric optionally includes an effective bandwidth path metric having elements (listed from highest to lowest conceptual priority) including an inverse of a sustainable data rate, a number of wireless links, and a number of wireless and wired links. The sustainable data rate is a measure of communication bandwidth that is deliverable by a path for a period of time. Accounting is made for interference between contiguous wireless links operating on the same channel.