HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK SYSTEM, NETWORK APPARATUS, AND RENDEZVOUS PATH SELECTION METHOD THEREOF

摘要

A heterogeneous network system, network apparatus, and rendezvous path selection method thereof are provided. The heterogeneous network system includes partner network apparatuses and a network apparatus. The transceiving interfaces of the network apparatus and the partner network apparatuses are not all the same. The network apparatus measures at least one first transmission parameter and receives a plurality of second transmission parameters. Each of the at least one first transmission parameter is associated with transmission from the network apparatus to one of its neighboring network apparatuses. Each of the second transmission parameters is associated with transmission between two network apparatuses neighboring each other. The network apparatus enumerates a plurality of paths from itself to a target network apparatus and calculates a path cost for each of the paths according to at least a portion of a combination of the at least one first transmission parameter and the second transmission parameters.

主权项

1. A network apparatus for use in a heterogeneous network system, the heterogeneous network system comprising the network apparatus and a plurality of partner network apparatuses, the network apparatus comprising:
at least one transceiving interface, wherein each of the at least one transceiving interface has an interface type, is directly connected to at least one neighboring network apparatus, measures at least one first transmission parameter, and receives a plurality of second transmission parameters, wherein each of the at least one neighboring network apparatus is one of the partner network apparatuses, each of the at least one first transmission parameter is associated with transmission from one of the at least one transceiving interface to one of the at least one neighboring network apparatus, each of the second transmission parameters is associated with transmission from a first network apparatus to a second network apparatus neighboring the first network apparatus, each of the first network apparatuses is one of the partner network apparatuses, and each of the second network apparatuses is one of the partner network apparatuses and the network apparatus; and a processor, being electrically connected to each of the at least one transceiving interface and configured to enumerate a plurality of paths from the network apparatus to a target network apparatus and calculate a path cost for each of the paths according to at least a portion of a combination of the at least one first transmission parameter and the second transmission parameters, wherein the target network apparatus is one of the partner network apparatuses; wherein each of the partner network apparatuses comprises at least one partner transceiving interface and each of the partner transceiving interfaces has an interface type, and wherein the interface types are not all the same.