Patent ID: 9692685
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A network apparatus for use in a heterogeneous network system, the heterogeneous network system comprising the network apparatus and a plurality of partner network apparatuses, the network apparatus comprising: a storage unit, being stored with at least one weight table, wherein the at least one weight table is associated with a network service condition; at least one transceiving interface, wherein the at least one transceiving interface has an interface type, is directly connected to at least one neighboring network apparatus, measures at least one first transmission parameter, and receives a plurality of second transmission parameters, wherein the at least one neighboring network apparatus is one of the partner network apparatuses, the at least one first transmission parameter is associated with transmission from one of the at least one transceiving interface to one of the at least one neighboring network apparatus, the second transmission parameters is associated with transmission from a first network apparatus to a second network apparatus neighboring the first network apparatus, the first network apparatuses is one of the partner network apparatuses, and the second network apparatuses is one of the partner network apparatuses and the network apparatus; and a processor, being electrically connected to the storage unit and the at least one transceiving interface and configured to select one of the at least one weight table as a selected weight table, enumerate a plurality of paths from the network apparatus to a target network apparatus, and calculate a path cost for each of the plurality of paths according to the selected weight table and at least a portion of a combination of the at least one first transmission parameter and the second transmission parameters, wherein the target network apparatus is one of the partner network apparatuses; wherein the plurality of partner network apparatuses comprises at least one partner transceiving interface and the at least one partner transceiving interface has an interface type, and wherein the interface types are not all the same.