Patent ID: 11924735
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. A first node, for handling access of the first node to a communications network in a multi-hop deployment, the first node comprising:
a processor configured to:
receive, from a fourth node, information configured to indicate a recommendation on which node within radio range to connect to, out of a plurality of candidate parent nodes, wherein
the plurality of candidate parent nodes being configured to comprise a first set of candidate parent nodes and a second set of candidate parent nodes,
a third node is configured to be enabled to be a donor node to the first node in the first set,
a sixth node is configured to be enabled to be a donor node to the first node in the second set, and
the third node is in communication with a fifth node;

determine, out of the plurality of candidate parent nodes, a second node to establish a connection with, wherein to determine is configured to be based on the received information and at least one of:
a first estimation of a respective end-to-end performance between the first node and the third node via a first candidate parent node,
a second estimation of a respective end-to-end performance between the first node and the third node via another candidate parent node,
a third estimation of a respective end-to-end performance between the first node and the sixth node, and
a fourth estimation of a respective impact of a respective connection to each of the candidate parent nodes in the plurality, on a traffic load of one or more upstream parent nodes; and

initiate establishment of a connection or re-connection to the communications network via the determined second node, as a first-hop node.