Patent ID: 7606169
Filing Date: 2009-10-20
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a request to identify any communication paths associated with a first router in a mesh network; broadcasting the request to identify the communication paths; identifying one or more second routers that broadcast information received by the first router, the one or more identified second routers associated with one or more first communication paths directly visible to the first router; receiving at least one first response from at least one of the one or more second routers, the at least one first response containing at least one first entry, each first entry identifying one of the first communication paths visible to one of the one or more second routers, at least one first entry also identifying one or more second communication paths visible to at least one of the one or more second routers, each second communication path involving one second router and one of one or more third routers, the one or more third routers not directly visible to the first router; and broadcasting a second response at the first router, the second response combining the at least one first entry and a second entry, the second entry identifying the one or more first communication paths directly visible to the first router.