Patent ID: 8072945
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of dynamically keeping operational and optimized, without operator intervention, in response to changes occurring at any node, a wireless link layered network comprising a plurality of transceivers at respective nodes which route communications from any node to a then central node of the network and wherein said communications are in a form of information packets transmitted from one node to another, said method comprising the steps of: (a) from each node successfully receiving an information packet, eliciting as an acknowledgment, a system control and modifying message (SCMM) containing information pertaining to at least one packet reception operational parameter of said receiving node, in addition to a link layer level of said receiving node; (b) determining whether the node originating the SCMM is from a link layer level equal to or less than the link layer level of the node eliciting the SCMM; and (c) where the node originating the SCMM has a link layer level equal to or less than the link layer level of the node eliciting the SCMM, at the eliciting node and in response to the SCMM, rerouting future transmissions and/or adjusting signal parameters of future transmissions based at least upon said information contained in the SCMM.