Patent ID: 6691173
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
An internetworked communication system comprising:a first wireless network including a first plurality of wireless nodes, each of said first plurality of wireless nodes transmitting an advertisement identifying its address and an address for each of a set of said first plurality of wireless nodes from which ones of said advertisements are received; a second wireless network including a second plurality of wireless nodes; and an internetworking node included within said first plurality of wireless nodes and within said second plurality of wireless nodes, said internetworking node including: means for receiving a first set of network information relating to said first wireless network from said first plurality of wireless nodes, said first set of network information identifying said first plurality of wireless nodes and services potentially available to said second plurality of wireless nodes; and means for transmitting, to one of said second plurality of wireless nodes, said first set of network information and an identity of said internetworking node.