Patent Document ID: 20040246900
Application ID: 10453174
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for a learning-based strategy utilized within message-initiated constraint-based routing for digital message communication among nodes in an ad-hoc network, wherein each node includes a plurality of attributes having attribute values, comprising: determining local attributes for each of the nodes in the ad-hoc network; providing access to the attributes of each neighboring node, wherein said neighboring node is a node one hop away from a current node within the ad-hoc network; estimating the minimum and maximum values of at least one attribute within the plurality of attributes; defining constraints on the plurality of attributes; performing constraint checking for each message type, wherein a message type includes a destination specification, route specification, and objective specification; performing cost estimation checking for each said message type, wherein cost is defined as the total value of an attribute along a message path; utilizing cost estimation to converge on an optimal message path; and routing a message within the ad-hoc network, said message including the address of a sending node, the address of the source node, route and destination constraints, the number of route constraints, the number of destination constraints, message identification number, sequence identification number, and routing objectives.