Patent ID: 6873839

Claim:
In an ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio system comprising a series of terminals where each said terminal is capable of making at least one of an outgoing call or receiving an incoming call, each said terminal comprising a battery, each said terminal further comprising computer means and memory means for storing program software means therein, said memory means comprising software means for generating a routing table for use by other terminals in determining the routing path of a call to be made or received thereby, and where said at least one of an outgoing call or an incoming call is routed to its destination by routing said call along a route utilizing at least some of said terminals of said series of terminals as links, the improvement comprising: said software means of said memory means of each said terminal comprises means for checking the status of the respective said battery in order to include said battery-status in said routing table, whereby each terminal may calculate the most optimal routing path of terminals based on battery status.