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MOBILITY-AWARE MESH CONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM FOR LOW DATA-OVERHEAD MULTICAST AD HOC ROUTING

  • US 20140307614A1
  • Filed: 06/25/2014
  • Published: 10/16/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobile node of an ad hoc network, comprising:

  • a wireless communication interface configured to support ad hoc communications with a plurality of other mobile nodes;

    a memory configured to store multicast trees; and

    at least one automated processor configured to support at least a multicast communication through the wireless communication interface dependent on the stored multicast trees, and to select a communication path based on a composite function of at least a reliability metric and a communication data-overhead metric, wherein low data-overhead paths are selected with increasing probability with an increasing reliability.

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