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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2007
Wai Chen, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Stephanie Demers, Westfield, NJ (US);
John Lee, Howell, NJ (US);
Marcus Pang, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Ryokichi Onishi, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Toshiro Hikita, Tama, JP;
Wai Chen, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Stephanie Demers, Westfield, NJ (US);
John Lee, Howell, NJ (US);
Marcus Pang, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Ryokichi Onishi, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Toshiro Hikita, Tama, JP;
Telcordia Technologies, Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US);
Toyota Infotechnology Center, U.S.A., Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for distributing a packet to a plurality of moving nodes comprising receiving a packet containing at least a message, a sender identifier, a location of a sender, an identifier for a relay node and distance from the sender and the relay node, determining if a node receiving the packet is the relay node and immediately distributing the packet to a plurality of moving nodes if the receiving node is the relay node. If the receiving node is not the relay node, the method further comprises steps of waiting a set period of time, determining if a packet is received from a different sender containing the same message, within the period of time and distributing the packet to a plurality of moving nodes if a packet containing the same message is not received within the period of time. The distributed packet includes an identifier for a successive relay node.