MULTI-MEDIA MULTI-MODULATION METHOD AND MULTI-DATA RATE MESH NETWORK

摘要

A node (102C) having a multiple protocol receiver (108) may listen to multiple links in parallel and determine a quality of links having multiple communication technologies between the node and multiple neighbor nodes. The multiple communication technologies may include radio frequency (RF) communication technologies and one or more power line communication (PLC) communication technologies. The node selects a subset of communication links based on the strength of received signals (402, 404). The subset of the links is then exercised by sending data and receiving responses data via the links in the subset (406). A link quality is determined based on an analysis of the response data (408, 410).