Patent ID: 8873518
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for transmitting a message from a first node residing within a network to a set of nodes residing adjacent to the first node, the method comprising: dividing the set of nodes residing adjacent to the first node into one or more subsets of nodes, wherein the nodes within a particular subset of nodes are capable of receiving transmissions on a particular channel during a particular time interval in a sequence of time intervals, wherein the nodes in subsets of nodes other than the particular subset of nodes receive transmissions on a channel different than the particular channel during the particular time interval; identifying a first subset of nodes in the one or more subsets of nodes that includes more nodes than any of the other subsets of nodes, wherein the nodes in the first subset of nodes are capable of receiving transmissions on a first channel during a first time interval in the sequence of time intervals; and transmitting the message to the nodes in the first subset of nodes on the first channel during the first time interval.