Patent ID: 9408242
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for a first node to participate in an ad hoc network including the first node and at least second and third nodes, the method comprising: receiving a first link information broadcasted omnidirectionally by the second node, the first link information indicating if the second node is communicating via a first directional link in a first polarization with the third node; establishing a second directional link in a second polarization with the second node; in response to the second node stop being in communication via the first directional link in the first polarization with the third node and the first node wishing to communicate via the second directional link in the first polarization with the second node, establishing the second directional link in the first polarization with the second node; after establishing the second directional link in the first polarization with the second node and prior to sending a data via the second directional link in the first polarization to the second node, broadcasting omnidirectionally a second link information, the second link information indicating the first node is communicating via the second directional link in the first polarization with the second node; and after broadcasting omnidirectionally the second link information, sending the data via the second directional link in the first polarization to the second node.