Patent ID: 9077638
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: identifying one of a plurality of beacon rate increase events during a first period of time; responsive to identifying at least one of the plurality of beacon rate increase events during the first period of time, changing from a first rate at which routing information is provided from a device, the first rate being in effect at least before the first period of time, to a second rate, higher than the first rate, at which routing information is provided by the device at least after the first period of time; and responsive to none of the plurality of beacon rate increase events being received during a second period of time, the second period of time following the first period of time, changing from the second rate at which routing information is provided by the device, to a third rate, lower than the second rate, at which routing information is provided by the device, wherein the routing information provided by the device indicates a cost of routing a message through a network along a path from the device to the destination, wherein the routing information is provided by the device in one or more beacons, each of the one or more beacons including an identifier of the device, an identifier of the destination, and information identifying a next-hop along a best path from the device to the destination, wherein the information identifying the next-hop allows looping, in routing from the device to the destination, to be avoided, wherein the best path is a lowest cost path from the device to the destination, and wherein the cost is a metric of distance from the device to the destination.