METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING PATH-BASED TRAFFIC STREAM ADMISSION CONTROL IN A WIRELESS MESH NETWORK

摘要

The mesh point (700) has a permission control unit (730) that has a first message processor (740) configured to process the flow of traffic adding messages from a transmitter (720) and received adding messages in a receiver (710). A resource administering device (750) determines if requested resources satisfy QoS (quality of service) requirement of the traffic flow based on the data from the first message processor. A second message processor (760) is configured to process the flow of traffic delete messages from the transmitter and received delete messages in the receiver. The permission control unit is connected to a processor (715) to control the transmitter and receiver. The transmitter is connected to an antenna (705) for sending permission control messages. The receiver is connected to the antenna for receiving permission control messages. An independent claim is included for the central control unit used in the meshed network.