Method and apparatus for a wireless home mesh network with network topology visualizer

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10383030
APP PUB NO 20160127978A1
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14991335

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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.

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SONY CORPORATIONTOKYO

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Bhatnagar, Anuj San Diego, US 17 317
Jing, Xiangpeng San Diego, US 60 1026
Liu, Aixin San Diego, US 59 1175
Nguyen, Djung N San Diego, US 34 814
Patil, Abhishek San Diego, US 55 1608

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