METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A COLLABORATIVE REPLY OVER AN AD-HOC MESH NETWORK
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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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21 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A method comprising:
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determining one or more restrictions associated with an ad-hoc wireless network based, at least in part, on a traffic load, a power consumption, or a combination thereof; and determining whether to broadcast a flooding message based, at least in part, on the one or more restrictions. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following; determine one or more restrictions associated with an ad-hoc wireless network based, at least in part, on a traffic load, a power consumption, or a combination thereof; and determine whether to broadcast a flooding message based, at least in part, on the one or more restrictions. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:
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determine one or more restrictions associated with an ad-hoc wireless network based, at least in part, on a traffic load, a power consumption, or a combination thereof; and determine whether to broadcast a flooding message based, at least in part, on the one or more restrictions. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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Specification