Patent ID: 9634928
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A system comprising: a mesh network comprising a plurality of mesh nodes, wherein each of the plurality of mesh nodes is configured to communicate with one or more subscriber devices; one or more edge nodes to couple the mesh network to a core network; and a centralized controller in communication with the plurality of mesh nodes and edge nodes, wherein the centralized controller comprises: one or more data channels based at least in part on the topology information, wherein the data channels are for transporting network packets to and from the subscriber devices via the mesh nodes, wherein each of the mesh nodes operates a reduced control plane without execution of a layer three (L3) routing protocol that maintains routing information for the mesh network and generates forwarding information for the respective mesh node, wherein the topology module receives a set of messages sent by the mesh nodes, wherein each of the set of messages specifies a list of interfaces traversed by the respective message, wherein the centralized controller establishes a control channel with each of the mesh nodes based on the list of interfaces specified by the messages, and wherein the centralized controller outputs one or more messages to the mesh nodes via the respective control channels to communicate and install within each of the mesh nodes the forwarding information for the one or more data channels.