Patent ID: 6826153
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A method of increasing the message throughput in a radio network comprising the steps:a) providing a message queue of message packets ranked in an order of transmission at a source radio, each packet having a destination radio associated therewith; b) providing a radio queue of destination radios associated with the message packets in the message queue ranked in order as a function of the ranking of the messages in the message queue; c) monitoring all other radios in the radio network at a source radio to determine the availability of each radio to receive a transmission; d) selecting the highest ranked available destination radio from the radio address queue; e) selecting the messages in the message queue corresponding to the selected destination radio; and f) transmitting the selected messages, to thereby allow a message packet ranked lower in the message queue to be transmitted before a message packet ranked higher in the message queue if the destination station associated with the higher ranked message is unavailable.