Method and apparatus for a wireless home mesh network with network topology visualizer
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04W-080/04
H04W-088/06
출원번호
US-0191328
(2011-07-26)
등록번호
US-8824336
(2014-09-02)
발명자
/ 주소
Jing, Xiangpeng
Patil, Abhishek
Bhatnagar, Anuj
Liu, Aixin
Nguyen, Djung N.
출원인 / 주소
Sony Corporation
대리인 / 주소
Rogitz, John L.
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22
초록▼
An apparatus and method for a wireless home mesh network with a network topology visualizer is described. In one embodiment, the method may include collecting node topology information by a node of a wireless home mesh network, where the node topology information includes a list of neighbor nodes fo
An apparatus and method for a wireless home mesh network with a network topology visualizer is described. In one embodiment, the method may include collecting node topology information by a node of a wireless home mesh network, where the node topology information includes a list of neighbor nodes for the node. Thereafter, a communication socket is opened, and a node topology packet, including a lust of neighbor nodes, is transmitted in order to produce a global network topology map. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
대표청구항▼
1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor;at least one computer readable medium accessible to the processor to configure the processor for:exchanging one or more messages to discover a topology of a wireless home mesh network including mobile nodes and at least one stationary node;determini
1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor;at least one computer readable medium accessible to the processor to configure the processor for:exchanging one or more messages to discover a topology of a wireless home mesh network including mobile nodes and at least one stationary node;determining whether a node topology packet has been received from each node of the wireless home mesh network, a node topology packet including local neighbors of a mesh node sending the node topology packet;filtering the node topology packets according to a route table of a display node, node topology packets whose entries are not present in the route table of the display node being deleted;using each of the node topology packets to create a visualizer file readable by a mesh visualizer tool, node connectivity information including local neighbors of a node being compiled as node topology packets are received from each node of the network to establish a global network topology map of the network;presenting an interactive mesh topology map based on the global network topology map, a display window being reset while nodes and connections are deleted according to a local list, the mesh topology map being gradually increased as further neighbors of the display node, as well as remote nodes, are added to network topology;determining whether a detected node is detected for a first time; andresponsive to detecting a detected node for the first time, assigning coordinates to the detected node according to the discovery of a first neighbor for the detected node. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus comprises one of a mobile electronics device, a gaming console, and a digital television. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the message of the one or more messages includes a node topology packet including the local route table for one of the mobile nodes. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the message of the one or more messages includes a node name and a node address being one of an Internet Protocol Address or a Media Access Control address. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the message of the one or more messages includes a node network capability that includes quality-of-service priority for one of the mobile nodes. 6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the message of the one or more messages includes a node service capability that identifies if one of the mobile nodes supports video, voice or data streaming. 7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the message of the one or more messages includes a node power attribute that identifies a battery level for one of the mobile nodes. 8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the message of the one or more messages includes a node communication attribute that identifies a radio type for one of the mobile nodes. 9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the message of the one or more messages includes a node type that identifies a tier level of a mobile node of the mobile nodes that provided the message. 10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions when executed by the processor configure the processor to detect a selection by an input device of a node on the network topology map presented on the display, and display additional information regarding the node responsive to the selection. 11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions when executed by the processor configure the processor receive from user input a drag and drop of a node on the map from a first location on the map to a second location on the map. 12. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor;at least one computer readable medium accessible to the processor to configure the processor for:exchanging one or more messages to discover a topology of a wireless home mesh network including mobile nodes and at least one stationary node;determining whether a node topology packet has been received from each node of the wireless home mesh network, a node topology packet including local neighbors of a mesh node sending the node topology packet;filtering the node topology packets according to a route table of a display node, node topology packets whose entries are not present in the route table of the display node being deleted;using each of the node topology packets to create a visualizer file readable by a mesh visualizer tool, node connectivity information including local neighbors of a node being compiled as node topology packets are received from each node of the network to establish a global network topology map of the network;presenting an interactive mesh topology map based on the global network topology map, a display window being reset while nodes and connections are deleted according to a local list, the mesh topology map being gradually increased as further neighbors of the display node, as well as remote nodes, are added to network topology;determining whether a detected node is detected for a first time; andresponsive to detecting a detected node for the first time, assigning coordinates to the detected node according to the discovery of a first neighbor for the detected node. 13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the message includes a node topology packet including a local route table for the first node. 14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the message includes a node name and a node address being one of an Internet Protocol Address or a Media Access Control address. 15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the message includes a node network capability that includes quality-of-service priority for the first node. 16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the message includes a node service capability that identifies if the first node supports video, voice or data streaming. 17. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the message includes a node power attribute that identifies a battery level for the first nodes. 18. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the message includes a node communication attribute that identifies a radio type for the first node. 19. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the instructions when executed by the processor configure the processor to detect a selection by an input device of a node on the network topology map presented on the display, and display additional information regarding the node responsive to the selection.
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