Patent ID: 8995354
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for selecting a communication interface towards an access point by a wireless communication device, the method comprising: receiving one or more HELLO messages from the access point on one or more of a plurality of communication links, wherein data and control traffic are combined on the communication links, and wherein the HELLO message comprises a plurality of channel identifications and an S field which identifies whether or not a wireless communication device is utilizing an identified channel to reach the access point; determining whether any of the plurality of channels identified within the one or more HELLO messages is being used by one or more previous hop wireless communication devices to reach the access point by evaluating at least one field of each of the HELLO messages received from the access point; penalizing a link metric of a channel when the channel is being used by one or more previous hop wireless communication devices to reach the access point; and selecting a communication interface towards the access point, wherein the selected communication interface is coupled to a best channel having a best link metric.