Distributed Coordination of Mesh Network Configuration Updates

    公开(公告)号:US20190394743A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-26

    申请号:US16558969

    申请日:2019-09-03

    Applicant: Google LLC

    Abstract: In embodiments of distributed coordination of mesh network configuration updates, pending commissioning datasets are managed and distributed to coordinate configuration changes of parameters that control participation in, and secure communication over, a mesh network. Pending network commissioning datasets are managed across fragmentation of the mesh network into multiple partitions and subsequent merging of the fragments to ensure that the most recent updates to pending commissioning datasets are propagated to mesh network devices and that all mesh network devices will receive pending commissioning datasets before the time that the pending commissioning dataset becomes the active commissioning dataset for the mesh network.

    Synchronized Reception in Mesh Networks

    公开(公告)号:US20230058400A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-23

    申请号:US18045662

    申请日:2022-10-11

    Applicant: Google LLC

    Abstract: This document describes techniques and devices to synchronize communications between devices in a wireless mesh network. Based on the requirements of an end device that sleeps (e.g., is out of communication with the wireless mesh network) for periods of time, the end device indicates to a parent wireless mesh network device that the end device wants to configure operations in a synchronized-reception mode, which causes the parent device to reply with an indication of the clock accuracy of the parent device. The end device uses the clock accuracy of the parent device to determine parameters for synchronized-reception and transmits the parameters to the parent device. The end device activates its receiver based on the parameters to receive data from the parent device.

    Enhanced frame pending
    14.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11343774B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-24

    申请号:US16325674

    申请日:2018-09-07

    Applicant: Google LLC

    Abstract: This document describes techniques and devices to reduce energy consumption and network traffic related to polling for buffered data packets (e.g., messages) between devices in a wireless mesh network. Based on the requirements of an end device that sleeps to conserve power, a parent device receives and buffers data packets addressed to the end device until the end device is awake. The end device periodically wakes-up to transmit application data, such as a sensor reading or a status message, to the parent device. By including an indication of pending data at the parent device in an acknowledgement the transmission of by end device, additional data request messages and acknowledgements can be reduced or eliminated to improve the battery life of the end device and reduce network traffic on the mesh network.

    Automatic Rerouting in Thread Networks
    15.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190140948A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-09

    申请号:US16238438

    申请日:2019-01-02

    Applicant: Google LLC

    Abstract: In aspects of automatic rerouting in Thread networks, a router device in a mesh network receives a packet to forward to a destination node, and the packet includes a Routing Locator (RLOC) for the destination node. The router device can determine that the packet cannot be forwarded using the RLOC. The router device can then initiate an address query over the mesh network, where the address query includes an Endpoint Identifier (EID) of the destination node. The router device can receive an EID-to-RLOC mapping for the EID from a node device in the mesh network, and forward the packet to the destination node using the received EID-to-RLOC mapping.

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