Patent ID: 8094583

Claim:
A network node configured to operate in a mobile wireless network, the node comprising: a router configured to route IP-traffic, and to support a proactive optimized link state routing protocol that implements multipoint relaying for distribution, via broadcast, of first and second control messages, wherein said first control messages include messages having neighbor information and link status information for one or more neighbors, and wherein said second control messages include topology control messages that include information relating to multipoint relay selectors selected by respective network nodes; and an internal information storage configured to hold information relating to the one or more neighbors, link status, and the multipoint relay selectors, the internal information storage comprising: one or more extended internal information repositories configured to store resource-related information associated with respective neighbors, neighbor links, and multipoint relay selectors; and a shared information repository configured to: store generic service-related information; and generate and handle extended first control messages that include resource related information, and extended second control messages that include part or all of the information in the shared information repository and the resource related information.