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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2007
Chun-ting Chou, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Chun-Ting Chou, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
In a wireless communication network () comprising a plurality of devices (), a method of discovering a route for transmitting data from a source device (A) to a destination device (D) via multi-hop relay, includes broadcasting from the source device (A) a route discovery request for transmitting data to the destination device (HOD). The route discovery request includes: a first field indicating a hop-count limit, a second field indicating a number of slots, X, required for transmitting the data, a third field indicating an ID for the source device (A), and a fourth field indicating an ID for the destination device (HOD). The source device (A) then receives a route discovery response indicating a route from the source device (A) to the destination device (HOD). The route discovery response includes a first field indicating a number of hops between the source device (A) and the destination device (HOD).