Patent ID: 7415019

Claim:
For use in a mobile ad hoc network formed by a plurality of mobile ad hoc network (MANET) nodes, a first MANET node capable of collecting route information associated with a first route from a source MANET node to a destination MANET node, said first MANET node comprising: a radio frequency (RF) transceiver capable of wirelessly communicating with other ones of said plurality of MANET nodes according to an ad hoc on-demand vector (AODV) protocol; and a controller capable of receiving incoming data packets from said RF transceiver and sending outgoing data packets to said RF transceiver, wherein said controller receives a Path Marker Request message generated by said source MANET node and retrieves first route topology data associated with said first route from said first Path Marker Request message, said first route topology data identifying all intermediate MANET nodes in said first route coupling said first MANET node to said source MANET node.