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Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2014
Applicant:

Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;

Inventors:

Kari Leppanen, Helsinki, FI;

Mika Kasslin, Espoo, FI;

Mikko Tirronen, Helsinki, FI;

Markku T. Turunen, Helsinki, FI;

Sami Virtanen, Espoo, FI;

Assignee:

Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 40/246 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

An approach is provided for providing a collaborative reply to a flooding message over an ad-hoc mesh network. A reply message to a flooding message is received by a wireless node within the ad-hoc network. The wireless node monitors for an acknowledgement of receipt of the reply message according to a routing table and initiates a scheduled transmission of the reply message based on the monitoring.


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