Patent ID: 8050196

Claim:
A communication unit to transmit and receive information within a wireless communications network including a plurality of communication units and to control transference of said information to enhance network formation comprising: a transmitter to transmit outgoing information to at least one other communication unit within said network; a receiver to receive incoming information from at least one other communication unit within said network; and a processor to control said transmission and reception of said outgoing and incoming information, wherein said processor includes: a network formation module to control re-transmission of a network organizational packet previously transmitted by said communication unit to reduce packet transmissions during formation of said communications network, wherein said network organizational packet includes information enabling formation of said communications network by said communication units, and wherein said network formation module includes: a neighbor discovery module to exchange said network organizational packets with one or more other communication units to determine neighboring units; and a unit change module to transmit said network organizational packet indicating a change in network topology; wherein said re-transmission of said network organizational packet previously transmitted by said communication unit is selectively enabled based on one of a request for re-transmission of an expected network organizational packet that failed to be received and said topology of said plurality of communication units within said communications network.