Patent ID: 7269147

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving broadcast packets transmitted from a transmitting node and determining if all of the broadcast packets have been received using a Latest Neighbor's Broadcast Count Number (NBC) stored in a neighbor table within a buffer of a pertinent node and a Broadcast Count Number (BC) contained in the broadcast packets received from the transmitting node; comparing the Broadcast Count Number (BC) of the received broadcast packet with a buffer size of the pertinent node if all of the broadcast packets transmitted from the transmitting node have been received; and generating a hello packet for flushing a buffer of the transmitting node and transmitting the hello packet to the transmitting node, flushing the buffer of the pertinent node, and updating the neighbor table of the flushed buffer of the pertinent node in accordance with the broadcast packet if the Broadcast Count Number (BC) of the received broadcast packet exceeds the buffer size of the pertinent node.