Patent ID: 7668119
Filing Date: 2010-02-23
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method in a mobile ad hoc router, the method including: receiving router advertisement messages, each including a source address field identifying a corresponding available mobile ad hoc router having sent the corresponding router advertisement message, and a tree information option field having attributes describing a corresponding position of the corresponding available mobile ad hoc router within a tree-structured network topology, the attributes including: (1) an identifiable aggregation group identifying a corresponding aggregation of attached mobile ad hoc routers forming a subset of the tree-structured network topology, the aggregation including the corresponding available mobile ad hoc router, and (2) an identifiable hierarchy position of the corresponding available mobile ad hoc router within the identifiable aggregation group; and selectively attaching to one of the available mobile ad hoc routers based on determining the one available mobile ad hoc router provides a best match, relative to the mobile ad hoc router having an assigned hierarchy position within an identified aggregation group, from among the identifiable hierarchy positions of identifiable aggregation groups.