Patent ID: 8102826
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for managing an ad-hoc network of a mobile communication system that provides mobile communication services to one or more mobile communication terminals, comprising: creating, in an address administration server of the mobile communication system, an address table that stores addresses of the mobile communication terminals which are participating in the ad-hoc network, and a routing table that stores routing information among the mobile communication terminals; receiving an address request message at the address administration server from a first mobile communication terminal intended to participate in the ad-hoc network; allocating an address to the first mobile communication terminal in response to the address request and storing the result in the address table; updating the routing table using routing information updated according to the address allocation; receiving topology change information of the ad-hoc network at the address administration server from the first mobile communication terminal; updating the routing table using the topology change information and then transmitting the routing table from the address administration server to the first mobile communication terminal; and transmitting the routing table from the address administration server to other mobile communication terminals participating in the ad-hoc network in which the first mobile communication terminal has participated.