Patent ID: 8737314
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of multi-hop wireless communication, comprising: receiving, at a first wireless node, information relating to first data buffered at a second wireless node for transmission to a third wireless node; determining, at the first wireless node, that the first wireless node has second data that is to be forwarded by the second wireless node to the third wireless node; determining at the first wireless node, based on the information, whether there is a traffic bottleneck associated with data transmission from the second wireless node to the third wireless node; and determining at the first wireless node, based on the determination of whether there is a traffic bottleneck and based on whether transmission of the second data from the first wireless node will interfere with reception at a fourth wireless node, whether to transmit the second data from the first wireless node to the second wireless node or to instead transmit a message that informs the second wireless node to not expect a data transmission from the wireless node.