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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1998
Jeffrey Scott Chuprun, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Chad S Bergstrom, Chandler, AZ (US);
Byron Tarver, Chandler, AZ (US);
Bennett Beaudry, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A communications network (10) having a plurality of wireless nodes (12-28) distributed within a region of interest makes routing decisions based on terrain information for the region of interest. A link quality determination unit (54) determines the quality of individual node-to-node links within the network (10), based on the location of the nodes (12-28) and the terrain about the nodes (12-28). A path selection unit 58 then determines an optimal path through the network 10 based on the link quality information. In one embodiment, communications corridors (102) are defined as preferred subpaths within a network for use in connecting remote nodes.