Patent ID: 7672307
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. For use in a mobile ad hoc network formed by a plurality of mobile ad hoc network (MANET) nodes, a first MANET node capable of routing data packets, said first MANET node comprising: a radio frequency (RF) transceiver capable of wirelessly communicating with other ones of said plurality of MANET nodes; and a controller capable of receiving incoming data packets from said RF transceiver and sending outgoing data packets to said RF transceiver, wherein said controller is further capable of implementing, with a MANET Routing Protocol module, a MANET routing protocol at a medium access control (MAC) layer by, at the MAC layer, (i) intercepting a first data packet associated with at least one of the incoming data packet and the outgoing data packet, (ii) determining a first MAC layer address associated with said first data packet, and (iii) adding said first MAC layer address to said first data packet.