Patent ID: 6594272
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A method of networking a plurality of wireless nodes, said nodes organized into a logical domain, comprising the steps of:(a) generating a packet in a first node and broadcasting said packet to one or more nodes that are in range of said first node, said packet comprising a field containing an anti-looping code; (b) receiving said packet in a second node in range of said first node, said second node re-transmitting said packet to additional nodes, including a third node, in said domain that are within range of said second node; (c) processing said anti-looping code to ensure that said packet is broadcast a single time; and (d) broadcasting said packet from said third node to additional nodes in said logical domain until all nodes in said domain have received said packet, each of said third and additional nodes in said domain processing said anti-looping code to thereby ensure that each of said third and additional nodes rebroadcasts said packet only a single time.