Patent ID: 8774006

Claim:
A method of providing wireless communication using a plurality of wireless routing nodes forming a wireless communication system to transmit radio signals from an originating wireless node to a destination, wherein the routing nodes are capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other to provide a mesh throughout an area to be covered by the system, the method comprising: transmitting routing messages from a plurality of the nodes and receiving routing messages directly at a plurality of other nodes without regard to the relative location of the nodes transmitting and receiving the routing messages; selecting received routing messages and transmitting routing messages from nodes based on received routing messages; using the routing messages to select radio links and combining the selected radio links to create a wireless communication route from the originating node through a plurality of pairs of additional nodes to the destination, wherein transmitting radio signals between a pair of nodes requires a first node in the pair to transmit in one band of frequencies and receive in another band of frequencies, and the second node in the pair to receive in the one band and transmit in the other band; and creating a second wireless communication route from a different originating node, wherein when the second route includes a node in common with the first route, the common node transmits radio signals in one frequency band in both routes and receives radio signals in a different frequency band in both routes.