Patent ID: 6480497
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
In a mesh network communication system capable of dynamically establishing links between communicating nodes, a method for optimizing net throughput on a link from a first node to a second node, the method comprising steps of:dynamically establishing the link between the first node and the second node with a first signal, wherein: the first and second nodes are part of a mesh network communication system, and each of the first and second nodes sends, receives, forwards packets with the mesh network communication system; determining at least one performance metric, at the second node, of data-link on-air characteristics of the first signal from the first node; relaying information relating to the at least one performance metric from the second node to the first node; and dynamically modifying at least one signal characteristic of a second signal transmitted from the first node to the second node, wherein the dynamically modifying step is responsive to at least one performance metric.