Patent ID: 6798765
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: H04B,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
A method of forwarding information in a multi-hop network having a plurality of network nodes, said method comprising the steps of:transmitting a message from an originating node to a plurality of candidate relay nodes in a general direction in which the information is to be forwarded; transmitting from each of the candidate relay nodes that successfully received the message, an acknowledgment of the message to the originating node; selecting by the originating node, at least one of the candidate relay nodes that acknowledged receiving the message; transmitting a forwarding order from the originating node to the selected candidate relay node, said order instructing the selected node to forward the previously received message to a next node; forwarding the message to the next node by the selected relay node; and transmitting an acknowledgment of the forwarding order from the selected candidate relay node to the originating node.