A method and system for creating and deploying a mesh network

Abstract

A method and system for creating and deploying a mesh network are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises providing a mesh router having a plurality of radios. The mesh router is used in a cell of a plurality of cells that covers a geographic region. Channels are assigned to the plurality of radios. The channels are selected from a plurality of channels to allow channel reuse throughout the plurality of cells.

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technical field [0001] The field of the invention relates generally to wireless networks and, more particularly, to methods and systems for creating and deploying mesh networks. Background technique [0002] High-speed and high-performance network access is required in many areas where wired infrastructure does not exist, is outdated, or cannot be implemented. Fixed wireless broadband networks can meet this need. However, adoption of existing fixed wireless broadband technologies is limited due to a combination of technical limitations and high deployment costs. For example, wireless local area network (WLAN) technology requires multiple access points, each of which must be connected via cables to a wired backbone infrastructure. Therefore, network deployment becomes difficult and expensive. [0003] To address these issues, wireless mesh network architectures have been studied as systems that become part of the network infrastructure and provide wireless access to users....

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However, since all nodes in the network use the same fixed channel to talk to their neighbors, the available frequencies are used inefficiently

As a result, frequency reuse cannot be obtained using

Also, the relaying of the same radio packets or the inability to send and receive packets at the same time cannot be completely avoided

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