Patent ID: 8064416

Claim:
A method for locating a route between a source node and a destination node in an on-demand wireless network, said method comprising: flooding said on-demand wireless network with a route request message by said source node; receiving a route reply message to said route request message from a first intermediate node having a valid route to said destination node, wherein said first intermediate node responds to said route request message based on a condition of a flag in said route request message, and further wherein said first intermediate node resets said flag; and receiving in unicast a further route reply message from said destination node, said further route reply message including a best route selected by said destination node based on cumulative metrics received in route request messages received by said destination node, wherein if a temporary route is said best route then said further route reply message serves as a confirmation and if said temporary route is not said best route then said further route reply message serves to establish said best route upon receipt of said further route reply message by said source node.