Patent Document ID: 10142909
Application ID: 15292612
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of routing data between a source and a destination in a wireless mesh network (WMN), the method comprising: defining a main path between the source and destination in the WMN, wherein the main path comprises a plurality of nodes in the WMN, each node configured to receive and transmit data, wherein at least one node is associated with a multi-beam directional antenna (MBDA); defining one or more side paths of the main path, wherein the one or more side paths comprise a plurality of nodes in the WMN, each node configured to receive and transmit data; routing data between the source and the destination through the main path and the one or more side paths, wherein at least a portion of the data being routed from the source to the destination diverges from the main path to at least one of the one or more side paths and converges from the at least one of the one or more side paths to the main path while being routed from the source to the destination; and using a cumulative distribution function (CDF) metric to characterize a statistical distribution of feedback delays during the routing of the data between the source and the destination through the main path and the one or more side paths, a capture effect metric that is used to characterize a probability of an MBDA being associated with at least one node being captured, and a diamond transmission probability metric that is used to measure a probability of a node becoming part of the main path.