Patent ID: 7058355

Claim:
A method of propagating a wireless network for transferring a signal from a source transceiver to a destination transceiver positioned remotely from the source transceiver by routing the signal through a set of intermediate transceivers without using a wireless tower comprising: determining an optimal routing path for transferring the signal from the source transceiver through the set of intermediate transceivers to the destination transceiver, wherein the optimal routing path is based, in part, on the amount of time an intermediate transceiver in the set of intermediate transceivers will be in communication with the wireless network; transmitting the signal from the source transceiver; routing the signal through at least one intermediate transceiver in the set of intermediate transceivers in accordance with the optimal routing path, wherein the optimal routing path indicates the at least one intermediate transceiver and where each intermediate transceiver in the set of intermediate transceivers is operable to reproduce the signal; and receiving the signal at the at least one intermediate transceiver and transmitting the signal to the destination transceiver from the at least one intermediate transceiver; wherein the source transceiver, the at least one intermediate transceiver, and the destination transceiver are at different locations and define the wireless network.