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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2000
Tony Larsson, Stockholm, SE;
Per Johansson, Hägersten, SE;
Johan Sörensen, Eslöv, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method for establishing a route over which data packets are to be sent from a source node to a destination node in an ad-hoc network is provided. A source having packets to send to a destination node employs a reactive routing protocol if it does not posses the route to the destination node. Initially, it may be determined whether or not the source node is a member of an existing piconet. If the source node is a member of an existing piconet, a ROUTE request message may be broadcast to the nodes of the existing piconet, while the source awaits a timely REPLY message. If the source node is not a member of an existing piconet, or if a time REPLY message is not received, the source node may initiate a new route discovery process wherein the nodes attempt to establish new piconets that enable more efficient communication between the source and destination nodes.