Patent ID: 8391183

Claim:
A method of relaying data, for use with a wireless network having a grid of cells, while reducing the computational work load of each wireless member unit (WMU) in a given cell with respect to a path between an originating WMU and a destination WMU, the method comprising: querying other available WMUs within signal range to acquire cell identification data of each other available WMU within signal range in the grid of cells, wherein the grid of cells is an ordered set of cells and each cell within the grid of cells has a multi-dimensional geographical shape; completing calculations, based on the acquired cell identification data, to create a cell level routing table based on those portions of said path that are within said cell; and relaying the data toward the destination WMU using said routing table to deliver said data to a first WMU on the path, the first WMU selected based on defined criteria for reducing the computational work load of each WMU in the given cell with respect to the path.