Patent ID: 9320036
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: H04J,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: determining, by a particular networked device, sending and receiving time slots for progressively communicating a particular packet among nodes of an arc of an Available Routing Construct (ARC) chain topology network in both directions on the arc to reach each edge node of the arc, with the arc including at least three nodes; and determining, by the particular networked device, for each edge node of the arc a predetermined respective time slot for communicating the particular packet to a respective child node on a second arc of the ARC chain topology network, with the second arc including a plurality of nodes; wherein the ARC chain topology network includes nodes communicatively coupled to forward packets according to an ARC chain topology through the ARC chain topology network, with the ARC chain topology network including nodes communicatively coupled to form a plurality of arcs communicatively coupled together according to the ARC chain topology, and with the plurality of arcs including the arc and the second arc.