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SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FACILITATE PATH SELECTION IN A MULTIHOP NETWORK

  • US 20080084856A1
  • Filed: 10/06/2006
  • Published: 04/10/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of operation of a relay station within a multihop network, the multihop network comprising at least one base station, the relay station, and a plurality of other relay stations, the method comprising:

  • maintaining a current base station path metric from the relay station to the base station;

    maintaining a relay station link metric from the relay station to each of a plurality of other relay stations;

    computing the base station path metric to the base station through each of the other relay stations;

    comparing the current base station path metric and each of the computed base station path metrics through each of the other relay stations;

    selecting a path for routing messages from the relay station to the base station using the comparing step; and

    informing the base station of the path metric of the selected path to the base station.

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