Patent ID: 7936697

Claim:
A method for adaptively selecting a domain lead node from among a set of nodes in a mobile ad hoc network, the method comprising: (a) establishing a link change threshold percentage; (b) establishing a threshold delta link state level (LSL) increment value; (c) calculating, by each node in the network, for each node in the network what percentage of links have changed by more than the threshold delta link state level (LSL) increment value; (d) determining, by each node in the network, if the calculated percentage of changed links for the given node exceeds the link change percentage threshold; (e) adaptively computing, by each node in the network, a node coverage value (NC) for each node from among the set of nodes in the network by adaptively adjusting a state value, s 0 , for each node, downward, in response to satisfying said determining step (d); and (f) selecting, by the set of nodes in the network, said domain lead node from among said set of nodes in said network based on a highest computed node coverage value (NC).