Gregory Alan Copeland

US Patent:

20110164527, Jul 7, 2011

Filed:

Sep 4, 2009

Appl. No.:

13/062166

Inventors:

Rajesh K. Mishra - Westford MA, US
Scott Y. Seidel - Fairfax VA, US
Jeffrey E. Smith - Nashua NH, US
Gregory Clark Copeland - Plano TX, US

International Classification:

H04W 40/04

US Classification:

370252

Abstract:

Enhancements are disclosed for wireless ad hoc networking including optimized wireless routing, multicast routing, quick network entry, use of contention domains and node weighting for improved time slot scheduling, and the like. Quality of service may be supported at each node and within scheduling algorithms across a group of nodes in order to provide a number of service levels to network users according to traffic type or the like. These and other enhancements may be used individually or in combination to improve operation of a wireless ad hoc network and support scalability, routing, traffic management, quality of service delivery, and other features.