Patent ID: 6414955
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
A method of determining the communication topology of a wireless network consisting of a plurality of distributed nodes, at least one but less than all of which comprise a network of member nodes, each of said nodes having a known maximum communication range g and a known maximum interference range b, said interference range being the range from a transmitting node within which said transmitting node's transmissions may interfere with a receiving node's reception, comprising the steps of:selecting an inviting member node, one of said member nodes, transmitting to a new non-member node, by wireless transmission from said inviting member node, an invitation to join the network of member nodes, identifying a communicating set of member nodes within communication range g of said new node, in response to said invitation, and identifying an interfering set of member nodes within the interference range b of said new node, in response to said invitation.