Patent Document ID: 9907115
Application ID: 13620344
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for maintaining information regarding communication links between a plurality of nodes in a wireless network, the method implemented by a first node comprising: for each communication link that is established with another node, recording an identification of the other node; for each message received by the first node from the other node via the communication link with the other node, recording a network pathway by which the message was communicated in the wireless network and a link quality between the other node and the first node; communicating the message to a destination node in the wireless network if the message is intended for receipt by the destination node, the communicating of the message by the first node including: determining whether one or more network pathways from the first node to the destination node are known by the first node; determining a preferred network pathway from the known network pathways based at least in part on the link quality associated with each of the one or more known network pathways; and communicating the message to the destination node via the preferred network pathway in the wireless network.