Patent ID: 6970417
Filing Date: 2005-11-29
Classification: H04J

Abstract:
1. A method that restores communication in a mesh network between a first end node and a second end node, comprising: transmitting a communication signal over a first communication path comprising the first end node, the second end node and one or more first intermediate nodes; detecting an error condition at at least one of the first end node and the second end node, said error condition being not adjacent to said at least one end node; and said at least one end node initiating rerouting the communication signal over a second communication path based on the detected error condition in order to restore communication, the second path having been chosen before the error condition was detected, to carry the rerouted communication sisal and the second path including the first end node, the second end node, and one or more second intermediate nodes, wherein the second intermediate nodes are disjoint from the one or more first intermediate nodes;