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Low-latency multi-hop ad hoc wireless networkRelated Patent Categories: Multiplex Communications, Pathfinding Or Routing, Switching A Message Which Includes An Address Header, Having A Plurality Of Nodes Performing Distributed SwitchingLow-latency multi-hop ad hoc wireless network description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070223497, Low-latency multi-hop ad hoc wireless network. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Patent Application Nos. 60/302,795 filed Jul. 3, 2001 and 60/343,312 filed Dec. 21, 2001, both of which are currently pending and incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. This application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 09/684,706, 09/684,565, 09/685,020, 09/685,019, 09/684,387, 09/684,490, 09/684,742, 09/680,550, 09/685,018, 09/684,388, 09/684,162, and 09/680,608, all filed Oct. 4, 2000, and 60/311,183 filed Aug. 9, 2001, 60/335,120 filed Oct. 24, 2001, 60/345,198 filed Jan. 2, 2002, 60/366,877 filed Mar. 22, 2002, and the application titled "Open Platform Architecture For Shared Resource Access Management" filed Jun. 28, 2002 (Attorney Docket Number SENS.P034; Application Number to be assigned), all of which are currently pending and incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. TECHNICAL FIELD [0003] The disclosed embodiments relate to robust low delay ad hoc wireless networks. BACKGROUND [0004] A basic assumption of ad hoc wireless networks is that there is no pre-existing network infrastructure. This means that the network nodes must establish communication routes among themselves in order to transfer information through the network. Algorithms devised for network self-assembly, clustering, and multi-hop routing include those described by K. Sohrabi, J. Gao, V. Ailawadhi, and G. Pottie in, "A Self-Organizing Sensor Network," Proc. 37.sup.th Allerton Conf. On Comm., Control, and Computing, Monticello Ill., September 1999. These algorithms can for example enable arbitrarily large networks to self-assemble, and permit multi-hop routing over large geographic areas under varying conditions of node mobility. [0005] However, commercially available communication radios that enable wireless local area networks typically support only star network configurations. In the star network configuration one node of a cluster is designated as the master node, and the other nodes in the cluster are slave nodes that communicate only with the master node. Examples of typical protocols supporting the star network configuration include the IEEE 802.11 family of protocols including the 802.11a and 802.11b protocol, Hiperlan, and Bluetooth. The 802.11b protocol also includes an "ad hoc" mode, in which there is no single master node, but in which a local network of equal peer nodes is formed; each peer node can communicate directly with all other peer nodes. The advantages of the star network protocols include relatively simple network formation, ease of management of channel access, and ease of establishing and maintaining synchronism. Moreover, the low cost of such radios and the ubiquitous software support for them over many computing platforms make them attractive for a wide variety of applications. [0006] The typical protocols supporting the star network configuration also have a number of problems. One problem with the star configuration protocols is that they do not easily support efficient multi-hop communication. For example, as described in the Related Applications, a protocol is described in which particular nodes of a network belong to multiple clusters of the network and, as such, communicate with multiple cluster heads. Unfortunately, when using a commercial radio that implements a media access control (MAC) protocol which assumes a star topology, the radios provide communication with multiple cluster heads by time-sharing communications between the cluster heads. The time-share communication significantly reduces the communication throughput of the network. [0007] Furthermore, and even more detrimental, is that each time a node radio switches communication between different cluster heads, the radio encounters a start-up time delay as if it is being newly joined to the network. Consequently, communication delays are very large across multi-hop networks that rely upon MACs supporting a star configuration. This situation is further aggravated when using the 802.11b ad hoc mode because radios that are too far away for reliable communication with network nodes may still interfere with other links of the network, and there is no mechanism within the protocol for resolving these types of conflicts. Thus, formation of a reliable network is problematic. [0008] Yet another problem encountered in star network configurations is that it is difficult to maintain a common timing base (synchronism) across cluster boundaries using the star network protocols. This makes it difficult to automatically establish network position or accurately time-stamp data, as may be important in sensor network applications. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES [0009] FIG. 1 is a point-to-multipoint wireless network cluster using a base-remote network configuration including multi-radio network nodes, under an embodiment. [0010] FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a network including two local network clusters with dual-radio network nodes supporting communication among the clusters, under an embodiment. [0011] FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a network including three local network clusters with dual-radio nodes supporting communication among the clusters, under an embodiment. [0012] FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a multi-radio sensor node, under an embodiment. [0013] FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a multi-radio sensor node, under an alternative embodiment. [0014] FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the software architecture of a multi-radio sensor node incorporating a language-independent user-space driver interface, under an embodiment. [0015] FIG. 7 is a block diagram of the user space/kernel space (US/KS) interface of a multi-radio node, under an embodiment. [0016] FIG. 8 is a flow diagram of a method of forming a sensor network of an embodiment. [0017] FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a multi-radio node, under another alternative embodiment. [0018] FIG. 10 is a block diagram of an IEEE 802.11 access network including the multi-radio nodes of an embodiment. [0019] In the drawings, the same reference numbers identify identical or substantially similar elements or acts. To easily identify the discussion of any particular element or act, the most significant digit or digits in a reference number refer to the Figure number in which that element is first introduced (e.g., element 400 is first introduced and discussed with respect to FIG. 4). 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