Improved 802.11 mesh architecture

Abstract

A wireless network device comprises a forwarding table and a mesh routing module. The forwarding table stores direct and reverse entries, each including a destination address, a next hop address, and a metric. The metric of the direct entries corresponds to a route from the wireless network device to the destination address. The metric of the reverse entries corresponds to a route from the destination address to the wireless network device. The mesh routing module wirelessly receives route discovery packets and creates corresponding entries in the forwarding table.

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure relates to wireless mesh networks. Background technique [0002] The background description provided herein is for the purpose of generally presenting the context of the disclosure. The work of the presently named inventors described in this Background section, as well as aspects of the description that were not considered prior art at the time of filing, are not expressly or implicitly admitted to be prior art to the present disclosure. [0003] IEEE 802.11, 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11h, 802.11n, 802.16, and 802.20, which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety, define the operation and implementation of wireless local area networks (WLANs). These standards define the operation mode of WLAN, including self-organizing mode and infrastructure mode. [0004] Referring now to FIG. 1 , a functional block diagram of an ad hoc wireless network 100 is shown. Ad hoc wireless network 100 includes three wireless cli...

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[0007] Client station 104 may not be able to send or receive data while in low power mode

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