PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15940890
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["370", "329000"]

Abstract:
A dedicated backhaul for whole home coverage variously applies optimization techniques, e.g. using the 5 GHz high band or low band as a dedicated backhaul; using the 2.4 GHz band as backup if the 5 GHz band fails to reach between nodes; using Ethernet when it is better than the 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz bands and it is available; and using a spanning tree protocol or a variant to avoid loops. The dedicated backhaul is used if the received signal strength indication (RSSI) of the dedicated channel is above a threshold. In embodiments, a daisy chain uses probe request contents to communicate hop count and link quality between the nodes by attempting to route directly if link quality is better than a defined threshold. For each extra hop, there must be some percentage gain over smaller hops. If the link is below some threshold, it is not used.

Claim (Index 12):
A network device capable of establishing a backhaul communication among nodes in a mesh wireless network, the device including a network controller configured to perform operations comprising:\n performing an attempt to utilize a first channel in a default frequency band as a backhaul with second node in the network, wherein the backhaul is to provide communication of management functions between the nodes in the network, as opposed to a front haul that provides wireless data communication to clients in the network; and upon detecting that a received signal strength of the first channel from the second node is below a threshold, performing an attempt to utilize a different channel in the default frequency band and/or a different frequency band that has a lower frequency range than the default frequency band, to establish the backhaul with the second node, wherein, in any of said attempts, channels in a given frequency band are prioritized based on a corresponding received signal strength.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 31.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.74468
- Patent Class: 370.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15271912', '15287711', '15464216', '15287678', '11537728']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5605920865316885
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5405073996701395
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5585836178455336
- Mean Citation Score: 240.40952400000003
- Max Citation Score: 393.27725
- Similarity Product: 296.07720556765787

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test