| 主权项 |
1. A node device for use with a wireless multihop network containing a plurality of other node devices, each node device being within communication range, through a wireless communications medium, of one or more neighboring node devices located in a corresponding local neighborhood, the node device comprising:
communication circuitry, and a controller interfaced with the communication circuitry, the controller including a processor and a non-transitory data storage medium containing instructions executable on the processor, that, when executed, cause the controller to implement a neighborhood management module that includes:
a visibility message generation module that generates visibility messages to be transmitted via connection-less broadcast, the visibility messages including at least an identifier of the node device;a received visibility message assessment module that processes visibility messages received by the node device from the one or more neighboring node devices to determine a measure of density of the local neighborhood; anda management module that initiates updating of an operational parameter of the node device relating to utilization of the wireless communications medium by the communication circuitry, wherein a degree of utilization of the wireless communications medium by the node device is adjusted, at least in part, according to an inverse relation to the measure of density of the local neighborhood determined based on the received visibility messages. |
