Patent ID: 7400598

Claim:
A method of communicating in a wireless adhoc communications network, the network including a plurality of nodes configured for wireless communication therebetween, the method comprising: receiving, at a receiving node, a message originating from a source node, the receiving and source nodes being included in the plurality of nodes in the network; determining whether the receiving node is of a node type intended to process the message; determining whether the receiving node is less than a predetermined distance from the source node; the receiving node processing the message when the receiving node is of the node type intended to process the message and when the receiving node is less than a predetermined distance from the source node; wherein the message includes a position of the source node and a predetermined distance information, and further wherein determining whether the receiving node is less than a predetermined distance from the source node includes determining a position of the receiving node, comparing the position of the source node with the position of the receiving node to compute a distance between the source node and the receiving node, and determining whether the distance between the source node and the receiving node is less than the redetermined distance information.