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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2005
Tatikonda Venkata Lakshmi Narasinha Sivakumar, Tokyo, JP;
Hongyuan Chen, Tokyo, JP;
Leping Huang, Saitama, JP;
Tatikonda Venkata Lakshmi Narasinha Sivakumar, Tokyo, JP;
Hongyuan Chen, Tokyo, JP;
Leping Huang, Saitama, JP;
Intellectual Ventures I LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices are shown for improving an existing route between a first node and a second node in a first ad-hoc network that includes a plurality of nodes, the method and devices selecting based on a predetermined performance criterion or criteria one of a plurality of candidate routes between the first node and the second node, wherein each candidate route includes at least one inter-node link that is not included within the first ad-hoc network and at least one candidate route including multiple inter-node links; initializing, via the existing route, the use of the inter-node links of the selected candidate route; and switching from using the existing route to using the candidate route.