Networking method, communication method, and communication system for multi-mode communication device, device, and chip

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12418470-B2
Application number	US-202318206074-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 5, 2023
Priority date	May 16, 2022
Publication date	Sep 16, 2025
Grant date	Sep 16, 2025

Abstract

Provided are a networking method, communication method, and communication system for a multi-mode communication device, a device, and a chip. The networking method includes: sending response information about available communication modes between a network access node and a to-be-connected node to the network access node, where the available communication modes are divided into a plurality of sets, and modes in each of the sets are incompatible with each other, and modes in different sets are compatible with each other; and locking an optimal mode, selected from each of the sets based on the response information, as handshake information between the two nodes when a preset negotiation result is met, such that the network access node reports corresponding routing information, and a root node updates networking routing information.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A communication method for a multi-mode communication device, wherein the communication method comprises:
sending, by a to-be-network access node, response information about available communication modes between a network access node and the to-be-connected node to the network access node by using a networking discovery process, wherein the available communication modes comprise communication modes in a plurality of communication mode sets, communication modes in each of the communication mode sets are incompatible with each other, and communication modes in different communication mode sets are compatible with each other; the to-be-connected node is a next-layer node of the network access node; and the response information comprises an address of the to-be-connected node and characteristic parameters representing channel quality of the communication mode;
in response to that the network access node selects an optimal communication mode between the network access node and the to-be-connected node from each of the communication mode sets based on the response information, locking, by the to-be-connected node, the optimal communication mode in each of the communication mode sets as handshake information between the network access node and the to-be-connected node by using a networking negotiation process when a preset negotiation result is met, such that the network access node reports routing information between the network access node and the to-be-connected node to a root node based on the handshake information by using a route establishment process, and the root node updates networking routing information, wherein
at most one optimal communication mode is selected from each of the communication mode sets to obtain a plurality of optimal communication modes, and the optimal communication modes are adopted at the same time in a communication process;
updating, by the root node, the networking routing information based on the routing information between the network access node and the to-be-connected node; and
based on routing information between a first node and a second node that are located at each two adjacent layers and on a path from a start communication node to a target communication node in the networking routing information, performing communication between the start communication node and the target communication node.

2. The communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the performing communication between the start communication node and the target communication node comprises:
performing communication between the first node and the second node based on routing information between the first node and the second node that are located at any two adjacent layers, wherein
the performing communication between the first node and the second node based on routing information between the first node and the second node that are located at any two adjacent layers comprises:
allocating timeslots to the optimal communication mode in each of the communication mode sets in the routing information, such that the at most one optimal communication mode is selected from each of the communication mode sets to obtain the optimal communication modes, and the optimal communication modes are adopted at the same time in the communication process; and
performing the communication between the first node and the second node based on the optimal communication mode to which the timeslots are allocated in each of the communication mode sets.

3. The communication method according to claim 2 , wherein the performing the communication between the first node and the second node based on the optimal communication mode to which the timeslots are allocated in each of the communication mode sets comprises:
selecting a specific mode selection strategy from a plurality of mode selection strategies based on a service type;
determining, based on the optimal communication mode to which the timeslots are allocated in each of the communication mode sets, a plurality of optimal communication modes allocated at a current time point;
taking statistics on channel occupancy rates and communication success rates of the optimal communication modes in second preset time before the current time point;
selecting a specific communication mode from the optimal communication modes based on the specific mode selection strategy and the channel occupancy rates and communication success rates that are obtained through statistics; and
performing the communication between the first node and the second node in the specific communication mode at the current time point.

4. The communication method according to claim 3 , wherein the mode selection strategies comprise a maximum efficiency strategy, a maximum reliability strategy, and a load balancing strategy.

5. The communication method according to claim 4 , wherein when the specific communication mode is the maximum efficiency strategy, the selecting a specific communication mode from the optimal communication modes comprises:
determining a communication bandwidth of each of the optimal communication modes in the second preset time based on the channel occupancy rates and communication success rates that are obtained through statistics; and
selecting, based on the communication bandwidth of each of the optimal communication modes in the second preset time, the specific communication mode that meets a target communication bandwidth required for to-be-transmitted data from the optimal communication modes, wherein
a communication bandwidth of the specific communication mode is greater than that of any other optimal communication mode among the optimal communication modes.

6. The communication method according to claim 5 , wherein the selecting the specific communication mode that meets a target communication bandwidth required for to-be-transmitted data from the optimal communication modes comprises:
ranking the optimal communication modes in descending order based on the communication bandwidth; and
performing following operations based on communication bandwidths of the ranked optimal communication modes and the target communication bandwidth:
when a communication bandwidth of a first-ranked optimal communication mode is greater than or equal to the target communication bandwidth, determining the first-ranked optimal communication mode as the specific communication mode; or
when a total communication bandwidth of the first L optimal communication modes is less than the target communication bandwidth and a total communication bandwidth of the first L+1 optimal communication modes is greater than or equal to the target communication bandwidth, determining the first L+1 optimal communication modes as the specific communication mode, wherein L is a positive integer.

7. The communication method according to claim 4 , wherein when the specific communication mode is the maximum reliability strategy, the selecting a specific communication mode from the optimal communication modes comprises:
determining a communication reliability parameter of each of the optimal communication modes in the second preset time based on the communication success rates that are obtained through statistics; and
selecting the specific communication mode from the optimal communication modes based on a reliability grade required for to-be-transmitted data and the communication reliability parameter of each of the optimal communication modes in the second preset time.

8. The communication method according to claim 7 , wherein the selecting the specific communication mode from the optimal communication modes based on a reliability grade required for to-be-transmitted data and the communication reliability parameter of each of the optimal communic

Assignees

• Beijing Smartchip Microelectronics Tech Co Ltd
• State Grid Corp China

Inventors

• Wang Yubo
• Wang Xianhui
• Li Zheng
• Xu Kunpeng
• Dai Hongguang
• Xiao Deyong
• Hao Weiqi
• Luo Dan
• Shao Jin
• Xu Yujie
• Wu Zhanxia
• Liu Wei

Classifications

• H04L45/02 Primary

  Topology update or discovery · CPC title

• H04L45/125 Primary

  based on throughput or bandwidth · CPC title