Patent ID: 7016306

Claim:
A node, adapted for communicating with other nodes, some of which being in its own wireless ad-hoc peer-to-peer communication network and others of which being in at least one other wireless ad-hoc peer-to-peer communication network, said node comprising: a transceiver adapted to transmit a signal to at least one of the other nodes; a memory adapted to store routing information comprising data including a plurality of system weights, each of the other nodes having a respective system weight assigned thereto identifying a respective one of the networks in which that other node is operating; a controller adapted to control said transceiver to transmit said signal to one of said other nodes whose system weight meets a desired criteria; and wherein said system weight is determined based on service level cooperation agreement between said node's own wireless ad-hoc peer-to-peer network and with said at least one other wireless ad-hoc peer-to-peer communication network.