Patent ID: 8873503

Claim:
A method for transmitting information in an ad hoc network comprising at least two transceiver nodes able to receive and transmit information and communicating with each other by sending information in random access time slots organized in frames, wherein the nodes of the network are broken down into groups according to a distribution rule, the nodes of each group only having the right to transmit information in a predefined subset of frames specific to the group, comprising the steps of: defining, at each node (phase 24 ), a constraint (neighborConstraint) for the neighboring nodes, and transmitting, at each node (phase 24 ), the defined constraint (neighborConstraint) to the neighboring nodes, and defining, at each node (phase 26 ), the group to which it belongs according to the distribution rule as a function of the constraints (neighborConstraint) received from the neighboring nodes; wherein defining a constraint (neighborConstraint) by a node for the neighboring node includes estimating ( 56 ) the total number of neighboring or interfering transmitting nodes, and establishing ( 58 ) the constraint (neighorConstraint) as function of the smoothed total number of neighboring or interfering nodes and a target minimum probability (P Seuil ) that the neighbors of the node can transmit information without collisions.