Patent ID: 8526444

Claim:
A method of broadcasting at least one data packet in a network including a set of groups of mobile nodes, said method including an intragroup broadcast phase during which said at least one data packet is broadcast to the mobile nodes of the same group, said intragroup broadcast phase including an initial broadcast during which a source node broadcasts said at least one data packet to a set of neighbor nodes wherein said intragroup broadcast phase further includes electing two propagation nodes moving in opposite directions away from each other during which a first neighbor node of said source node is elected as a first propagation node on condition that it is located ahead of the source node relative to the direction of movement of the source node and is moving in the same direction as the source node and during which a second neighbor node of said source node is elected as a second propagation node on condition that it is located behind the source node relative to the direction of movement of the source node and is moving in the direction opposite to the direction of movement of said source node.