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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2005
Applicants:
Stephen Mclaughlin, Edinburgh, GB;
David Irvine Laurenson, Scottish Borders, GB;
Yuefeng Zhou, Glasgow, GB;
Inventors:
Stephen McLaughlin, Edinburgh, GB;
David Irvine Laurenson, Scottish Borders, GB;
Yuefeng Zhou, Glasgow, GB;
Assignee:
The University Court of the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a mobile ad hoc network, a method of routing data and a mobile unit for use according to the method are arranged to find the relay capacity of a node and the lifetime of the node, and thereby determine whether the node can relay the data. The method and unit can find the relay efficiency of nodes and this information is used to route data traffic efficiently through a number of nodes along a route.