Patent ID: 8144671
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. In a wireless network comprising a plurality of nodes, a method of communicating a message from an originating node, intended for receipt by a destination node, via one or more intermediate nodes, comprising the steps of: (a) determining if a network pathway to the destination node is known by the originating node; and (b) communicating with just a single node within the communications range of the originating node if a network pathway to the destination node is known by the originating node, the single node being the first intermediate node identified in the known network pathway, said step of communicating including sending the message and the known network pathway to the first intermediate node; (c) communicating with one or more first intermediate nodes within the communications range of the originating node if a network pathway to the destination node is unknown by the originating node, said step of communicating including sending the message; and (d) communicating the message by each first intermediate node, wherein each first intermediate node is configured for