Patent ID: 9161290
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining whether a propagation limit of a packet is greater than a predetermined transmission cost assigned to a first link from a first node of a network to a second node of the network, the propagation limit established based at least in part on a node density of the network, the transmission cost assigned to the first link according to an aggregate cost of transmitting data over a route to a destination using the first link; if the propagation limit is greater than the transmission cost associated with the first link, adjusting the propagation limit of the packet based at least in part on the transmission cost and transmitting the packet over the first link from the first node to the second node; associating a first bandwidth with the first link; and determining the transmission cost assigned to the first link based at least in part on the first bandwidth associated with the first link.