Patent ID: 9036509
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: B60R,B60W,G06F,H04L,H04Q,H04W,Y02A,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving at a receiving node, from a sending node, a data packet to be routed from the receiving node to a destination node in a vehicular ad hoc network; decapsulating the data packet to identify a path to the destination node; determining the identified path is a dead end if no neighbor nodes are currently available to the receiving node; storing the data packet if the identified path is determined to be a dead end; and initiating a timer for the stored data packet, wherein the data packet is not dropped by the receiving node if an available path to the destination node is identified and selected for the data packet before expiry of the timer, wherein the available path is identified and selected by: