Patent ID: 9295105
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A system comprising: a network controller residing in a backbone communication network, the backbone-based network controller operable to, communicate with a static, multi-hop wireless network comprising a set of access point (AP) wireless stations in direct communication with the backbone communication network and a plurality of non-AP wireless stations, query the AP wireless stations and neighboring nodes to determine a topology of the static wireless network, determining a primary path for each non-AP wireless station based on criteria chosen to optimize an aspect of the static wireless network, the determined primary path indicating the path for exchanging traffic between a respective non-AP wireless station and a selected AP wireless station thereby facilitating communications between each non-AP wireless station and the backbone network, and configure each non-AP wireless station by sending packet forward table information comprising the determined primary path for each non-AP wireless station to such a station.