Patent ID: 9515913
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a first node device of a communication network, first situational awareness information from a second node device within range of the first node device, wherein the first situational awareness information includes a data frame associated with a first time, wherein the data frame includes first link information corresponding to a link between the second node device and a third node device at the first time; storing a portion of the first situational awareness information at the first node device; after storing the portion of the first situational awareness information, routing network traffic at the first node device based on second situational awareness information stored at the first node device, wherein the second situational awareness information is common to the first node device, the second node device, and the third node device, wherein the second situational awareness information includes second link information corresponding to the link between the second node device and the third node device at a second time, the second time after the first time; after routing the network traffic at the first node device based on the second situational awareness information, routing second network traffic at the first node device based on the first situational awareness information; determining, based on the second situational awareness information, shortest routing paths from the first node device to a plurality of node devices; determining, based on the shortest routing paths, a maximum network hop parameter; storing the maximum network hop parameter at a situational awareness information frame, wherein the situational awareness information frame is associated with a time tag indicating that a current time is a generation time for the situational awareness information frame; and transmitting third situational awareness information, wherein the third situational awareness information is distinct from the first situational awareness information and the second situational awareness information, and wherein the third situational awareness information includes the maximum network hop parameter.