Patent ID: 7912982
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a current wireless node, an estimated transmission time (ETT) from each of a plurality of other wireless nodes that are within a range of the current wireless node, wherein each said ETT is a next-hop-to-destination-path ETT (ETTp) associated with one of said other wireless nodes, wherein each said ETTp is a function of a link ETT (ETTI), another ETTp and a node transition time (NTT) of one of said other wireless nodes; at the current wireless node, measuring for each of said other wireless nodes an ETTI between the current wireless node and a corresponding one of said other wireless nodes; at the current wireless node, adding for each of said other wireless nodes an ETTI to a corresponding ETTp to determine a node-specific path metric for a corresponding one of said other wireless nodes; at the current wireless node, selecting a next hop based on the determined node-specific path metrics; at the current wireless node, calculating an advertised ETTp for the current wireless node, based on at least one of the measured ETTI's, a corresponding at least one of the received ETTp's and a calculated NTT for the current wireless node; and broadcasting the advertised ETTp from the current wireless node to a second wireless node.