IP Library Granted Patent US 9,686,739
Granted Patent B2
US 9,686,739 · App. 15/401,098 · Granted Jun 20, 2017

Method of establishing smart architecture cell mesh (SACM) network

Inventors: Jimmy Cuong Tran (Hsinchu, TW); Geoff Sarney (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation
H04W48/16H04W8/22H04W24/02H04W84/18
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Patent No.
US 9,686,739
App. No.
15/401,098
Granted
Jun 20, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a method of joining/re-joining a first micro-mesh for a mesh node. The method includes self-evaluating a mesh capability and a gateway capability of the mesh node itself; searching for a nearby dynamic gateway node and determining whether the nearby dynamic gateway node is found; calculating cellular RF criteria and determining whether the cellular RF criteria are met when the nearby dynamic gateway node is found; and joining or re-joining the first micro-mesh when the cellular RF criteria are not met.

Claims (12)

1. A method of joining/rejoining a first micro-mesh for a mesh node, the method comprising:

self-evaluating a mesh capability and a gateway capability of the mesh node itself;

searching for a nearby dynamic gateway node and determining whether the nearby dynamic gateway node is found;

calculating cellular RF criteria and determining whether the cellular RF criteria are met when the nearby dynamic gateway node is found;

joining or re-joining the first micro-mesh when the cellular RF criteria are not met;

calculating a gateway selection criteria and determining whether the cellular RF criteria are met when the nearby dynamic gateway node is not found; and

declaring a gateway status and getting ready to establish a second micro-mesh when the cellular RF criteria are met.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cellular RF signal criteria comprises at least one of Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI), Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) and Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ), Channel Quality Indicator (CQI), Data throughput, Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS).

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising declaring a gateway status and getting ready to establish a second micro-mesh when the cellular RF criteria are met.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

declaring a mesh mode status when the cellular RF criteria are not met.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein self-evaluating the mesh capability and the gateway capability is performed when the mesh node powers up or when a timer expires or when a gateway backup is not available, wherein the gateway backup is another dynamic gateway node in the first micro-mesh.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 29, 2025
From: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
To: WNC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072255/0226 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2017
From: TRAN, JIMMY CUONG; SARNEY, GEOFF
To: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040886/0453 →
Continuity (3)
Division 14019561 · Sep 6, 2013
Provisional Application 61828695 · May 30, 2013
Related Publication 20170118705A1 · Apr 27, 2017