Patent ID: 9485708
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of wireless communication by a first wireless node, comprising: receiving, from each of a plurality of wireless nodes, a service discovery message for a service; selecting, after receiving the service discovery message, one of the plurality of wireless nodes based on a link quality metric of a first link from the first wireless node to the selected wireless node having the highest link quality metric of any link from the first wireless node to any of the plurality of wireless nodes and based on a link quality metric of a second link from the selected wireless node to the first wireless node having the highest link quality metric of any link from the selected wireless node to any other wireless node; and establishing a communication pathway between the selected wireless node and a provider of the service via the first link, wherein the first link is used if the selected wireless node also selects the first wireless node based on the link quality metric of the second link.