Patent ID: 8614997

Claim:
A mobile ad hoc wireless network comprising: a first mobile transmitter moving in a first direction at a first speed; configured for transmitting and receiving digital data; a second mobile transmitter moving in a second direction at a second speed; configured for transmitting and receiving digital data; a third mobile transmitter moving in a third direction at a third speed; configured for transmitting and receiving digital data; said first mobile transmitter receiving a data packet from each of said second mobile transmitter and said third mobile transmitter and further configured for generating Doppler data representative of a Doppler shift in a carrier associated with each of said data packets; wherein said Doppler data comprises: time of arrival data at said first mobile transmitter and Doppler sign data, which is representative of the relative direction of travel between the first mobile transmitter and one of said second mobile transmitter, said third mobile transmitter; Doppler magnitude which represents the rate of change of separation between the first mobile transmitter and one of said second mobile transmitter, third mobile transmitter; and age of the Doppler shift magnitude data for said digital data received from said first mobile transmitter, said second mobile transmitter and said third mobile transmitter; means for making a determination as to which of said second mobile transmitter and said third mobile transmitter to communicate with depending upon said Doppler data; wherein said means of making a determination further; gathers and stores historic Doppler data; creating a Doppler-route-suitability score; applying the Doppler-route-suitability score as a weighted input to routing decisions; creating a Doppler time-to-next needed update estimate based upon current and the historic Doppler data; and changing a time to next route update metric based upon said Doppler time-to-next needed update estimate.