METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING TRAFFIC FLOW IN A MESH NETWORK

摘要

A system dynamically adjusts bandwidth allocations in a mesh network that includes at least two data communication pathways (214 and 222, 216, and 212) between a first access point (API) and a second access point (AP2) The first access point (API) determines an amount of data to be sent to the second access point (AP2) and selects at least one of the data communication pathways (214 and 222, 216 and 212) for sending the amount of data The first access point (API ) receives an overload value indicating a maximum amount of data to be transmitted to the second access point (AP2) along the selected data communication pathway, compares the overload value to the amount of data to be sent, and reduces a routing probability value assigned to the selected communication pathway in response to the overload value being less than the amount of data to be sent.