Adaptive Advertising Scanning for Bluetooth Mesh Congestion

The patent segments the advertising channels into multiple virtual channels through channel assignment schemes. Each network or group of networks is assigned specific advertising channels to use, dividing the single physical advertising medium into multiple logical channels. This segmentation reduces congestion on individual channels while maintaining the flexibility of the managed flooding approach, thereby improving throughput under high traffic loads.

By segmenting advertising channels into multiple virtual channels through systematic channel assignment, the patent reduces the number of messages competing for the same physical channel. This segmentation decreases channel access delays and collision resolution time, thereby reducing latency while preserving the deployment flexibility of managed flooding.

The channel assignment scheme segments traffic across multiple advertising channels, reducing congestion and message collisions on any single channel. This segmentation improves message delivery reliability by ensuring that critical messages can find available channels for transmission, while the system maintains its flexible managed flooding operation mode.

By assigning different advertising channels to different networks or network segments, the patent enables scalable network deployment. As the network grows, additional channels can be assigned to new networks or groups, allowing the system to scale without increasing congestion on any single channel, thus maintaining flexibility while improving scalability.

The patent implements channel assignment that segments control traffic into dedicated advertising channels, separating real-time control messages from other traffic types. This segmentation provides deterministic channel access for control applications, achieving the required real-time performance that generic transmission randomization and repetition schemes cannot provide.