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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2007
Filed:
May. 01, 2001
Greg Carlson, Corvallis, OR (US);
Greg Carlson, Corvallis, OR (US);
Avago Technologies Enterprise IP (Singapore) Pte Ltd, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A geographic position dependent routing method and system for ad hoc networks, where are least one of the nodes of the ad hoc network can change its location. A position determination module is provided for determining the position of the current node. A communication mechanism is provided for communicating messages with other nodes in the ad hoc network. A geographic position dependent routing mechanism is coupled to the position determination module and communication mechanism for receiving messages, the position of the current node, and based thereon for one of transmitting the message and discarding the message.