Patent ID: 11924077
Assignee: ITRON, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 19:
20. A first node comprising:
a memory that stores instructions, and
a processor that is coupled to the memory and, when executing the instructions, is configured to:
listen, across a plurality of listening windows, for one or more messages transmitted by a second node during a first period of time;
determine a number of messages received by the first node during the first period of time;
compute, based on the number of messages received by the first node, a received message success rate associated with a first connection between the first node and the second node, wherein the received message success rate indicates a probability of successfully receiving, at the first node, messages transmitted by the second node via the first connection; and
compute, based on at least one message received during the first period of time, a transmitted message success rate associated with the first connection, wherein the transmitted message success rate indicates a probability of successfully transmitting messages from the first node to the second node via the first connection;
select the second node from a plurality of neighbor nodes based on the received message success rate and the transmitted message success rate; and
transmit a message to a target destination via the second node.