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Mobile ad hoc network (MANET) providing quality-of-service (QoS) based unicast and multicast features

  • US 20050053094A1
  • Filed: 09/09/2003
  • Published: 03/10/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) comprising:

  • a plurality of mobile nodes each comprising a wireless communications device providing a selectable signal transmission pattern and a controller connected thereto;

    said controller operating in accordance with a multi-layer protocol hierarchy for, at an upper protocol layer, establishing a quality-of-service (QoS) threshold;

    at at least one intermediate protocol layer below the upper protocol layer, selecting between a unicast communications mode and a multicast communications mode based upon the QoS threshold; and

    at a lower protocol layer below the at least one intermediate protocol layer, cooperating with said wireless communications device to transmit data to at least one destination mobile node based upon the selected communications mode.

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