Patent ID: 8958291
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, from a source node device by an intermediate node device that comprises a processor, via a wide beam optical communication interface, a data packet including a first radio link quality metric value associated with a radio link connecting the source node device and a destination node device; comparing, by the intermediate node device, the first radio link quality metric value and a second radio link quality metric value associated with a radio link connecting the intermediate node device and the destination node device; forwarding the data packet, by the intermediate node device, to the destination node device via the wide beam optical communication interface in response to the second radio link quality metric value being determined to satisfy a defined condition with respect to the first radio link quality metric value; and discarding, by the intermediate node device, the data packet in response to the second radio link quality metric value being determined not to satisfy the defined condition.