Patent ID: 7933236
Filing Date: 2011-04-26
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for execution in a multi-hop network comprising a base station and at least one relay station for generating routing paths between the base station and at least one non-relay mobile station, the method comprising: the base station broadcasting over a first hop a path discovery message (PDM) including a path list comprising a node identifier for the base station and a broadcast connection identifier (CID) identifying that the PDM is broadcast for all of the at least one non-relay mobile station being served by the base station; each relay station of the at least one relay station: the base station receiving a reply message from each of the at least one non-relay mobile station, the reply message comprising a path list including node identifiers of all stations in a routing path between the base station and the non-relay mobile station inclusive and a management connection identifier (CID) for identifying that a link between the respective non-relay mobile station and the base station defined by the routing path is specific to management of the link, the reply being routed via relay stations identified in the respective path list.