US 12,114,246 B2
Simple mesh network for wireless transceivers
Leonardo Estevez, Rowlett, TX (US); Avraham Baum, Giva't Shmuel (IL); and Benzy Gabay, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/568,430.
Application 17/568,430 is a continuation of application No. 14/031,918, filed on Sep. 19, 2013, granted, now 11,218,942.
Prior Publication US 2022/0132389 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 40/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 40/00 (2013.01) [H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a first network device, a data frame from a second network device, wherein the first network device has a first hop number with respect to an access point, and the second network device has a second hop number with respect to the access point;
determining, by the first network device, whether the second network device is upstream or downstream from the first network device;
determining, by the first network device, whether a network loop is present based on whether the second network device is upstream or downstream from the first network device and on a comparison of the first hop number with the second hop number; and
based on the network loop being present, modifying the first hop number of the first network device.