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Term Description
Node Any device that is or can be part of an ESP-MESH network
Root Node The top node in the network
Child Node A node X is a child node when it is connected to another node Y where the connection makes node X more distant from the root node than node Y (in terms of number of connections)
Parent Node The converse notion of a child node
Descendant Node Any node reachable by repeated proceeding from parent to child
Sibling Nodes Nodes that share the same parent node
Connection A traditional Wi-Fi association between an AP and a station A node in ESP-MESH will use its station interface to associate with the softAP interface of another node thus forming a connection The connection process includes the authentication and association processes in Wi-Fi
Upstream Connection The connection from a node to its parent node
Downstream Connection The connection from a node to one of its child nodes
Wireless Hop The portion of the path between source and destination nodes that corresponds to a single wireless connection A data packet that traverses a single connection is known as single-hop whereas traversing multiple connections is known as multi-hop
Subnetwork A subnetwork is subdivision of an ESP-MESH network which consists of a node and all of its descendant nodes. Therefore the subnetwork of the root node consists of all nodes in an ESP-MESH network
MAC Address Media Access Control Address used to uniquely identify each node or router within an ESP-MESH network
DS Distribution System (External IP Network)
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