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- Patent Title: Polarity assignment in a multi-hop wireless network
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Application No.: US16799506Application Date: 2020-02-24
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Publication No.: US10973085B2Publication Date: 2021-04-06
- Inventor: Djordje Tujkovic
- Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
- Current Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: Artegis Law Group, LLP
- Main IPC: H04W84/18
- IPC: H04W84/18 ; H04W72/04 ; H04L12/24 ; H04W24/04 ; H04W84/10 ; H04W16/28

Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method includes determining a plurality of network nodes of a multi-hop wireless network, wherein each network node comprises an array of beamforming antennae; assigning to each network node in a first subset a first bipartite-graph polarity; assigning to each network node in a second subset a second bipartite-graph polarity; and configuring the multi-hop wireless network according to a bipartite-graph representation of the multi-hop wireless network. During first time slots network nodes of the first bipartite-graph polarity transmit to network nodes of the second bipartite-graph polarity and network nodes of the second bipartite-graph polarity receive from network nodes of the first bipartite-graph polarity. During second time slots that alternate with the first time slots, network nodes of the second bipartite-graph polarity transmit to network nodes of the first bipartite-graph polarity and network nodes of the first bipartite-graph polarity receive from network nodes of the second bipartite-graph polarity.
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