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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ;
Abstract
A method and/or an apparatus which places a broadcast message which the source expects a reply message in a broadcast message for route discovery. The combined message is broadcast throughout the ad-hoc network. When the combined broadcast message is received at the destination node, the destination node generates a response message including a reply message to the broadcast message that the source node expects a reply. The response message is sent back to the source node over the route which the combined broadcast message traveled to the destination node.