Patent ID: 9203800
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A communication method executed by a node in an ad hoc network having a plurality of nodes, the communication method comprising: receiving from a neighboring node of the node in the ad hoc network, a first packet that includes a sender address of the neighboring node and a first packet transmission count of packet transmissions from the neighboring node; extracting the first packet transmission count from the first packet; receiving from the neighboring node and after reception of the first packet, a second packet that includes a sender address identical to the sender address included in the first packet and a second packet transmission count of packet transmissions from the neighboring node; extracting the second packet transmission count from the second packet; determining which one of the first packet and the second packet was transmitted before the other by the neighboring node, based on the first packet transmission count and the second packet transmission count; and discarding the second packet upon determining the second packet was transmitted before the first packet by the neighboring node.