ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,000, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to AIROHA TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) Ltd. (Suzhou, China).

"Loop detection method and loop break method for mesh network" was invented by Fei Yan (Nanjing, China) and Li-Dong Hu (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a loop detection method applicable to a mesh network including a plurality of links among a plurality of devices, including: creating a neighbor graph based on a topology maintenance message, wherein the neighbor graph represents a network structure of the mesh network; traversing the neighbor graph; and detecting whether there is a loop existing in the...