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Routing within a mobile communication network

  • US 20050254473A1
  • Filed: 05/13/2005
  • Published: 11/17/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A mobile network device comprising communication means for transmitting data packets to one or several other mobile devices within a first cluster within a mobile communication network, according to routing information exchanged with said other device(s) through first routing means (RM 1) in accordance with a first routing protocol;

  • and detection means (DM) for detecting a new mobile device belonging to a second cluster within said mobile communication network, said device further comprising;

    Election means (EM) for determining, in accordance with an election policy, whether said new mobile device should or should not be added to the membership of an inter-cluster subnetwork, Second routing means (RM2) for transmitting routing information between the mobile devices that are members of said inter-cluster subnetwork, Communication means (CM) for transmitting the routing information exchanged by said first routing means to the mobile devices that are members of said inter-cluster subnetwork, and for transmitting to said first routing means the routing information received from said mobile devices that are members of said inter-cluster subnetwork, as well as information relating to said inter-cluster subnetwork, in accordance with a second routing protocol.

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