Mobile ad-hoc network providing expedited conglomerated broadcast message reply features and related methods
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1. A mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) comprising:
- a plurality of mobile nodes and wireless communications links therebetween;
a given mobile node along a route in the MANET for receiving a broadcast message inviting replies from mobile nodes along the route,forwarding the broadcast message to at least one downstream mobile node along the route,waiting for said at least one downstream mobile node to reply based upon the forwarded broadcast message, andsending a reply to the broadcast message at the earlier of either said at least one downstream mobile node sending a reply to the forwarded broadcast message or a given reply time expiring,wherein the reply from said given mobile node comprises a conglomerated reply if said given mobile node has received the reply from said at least one downstream mobile node.
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Abstract
A MANET may include a plurality of mobile nodes and wireless communications links therebetween. A given mobile node along a route in the MANET may be for receiving a broadcast message inviting replies from mobile nodes along the route, forwarding the broadcast message to at least one downstream mobile node along the route, and waiting for the at least one downstream mobile node to reply based upon the forwarded broadcast message. Moreover, the given mobile node may also send a reply to the broadcast message at the earlier of either the least one downstream mobile node sending a reply to the forwarded broadcast message or a given reply time expiring.
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38 Claims
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1. A mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) comprising:
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a plurality of mobile nodes and wireless communications links therebetween; a given mobile node along a route in the MANET for receiving a broadcast message inviting replies from mobile nodes along the route, forwarding the broadcast message to at least one downstream mobile node along the route, waiting for said at least one downstream mobile node to reply based upon the forwarded broadcast message, and sending a reply to the broadcast message at the earlier of either said at least one downstream mobile node sending a reply to the forwarded broadcast message or a given reply time expiring, wherein the reply from said given mobile node comprises a conglomerated reply if said given mobile node has received the reply from said at least one downstream mobile node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) comprising:
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a plurality of mobile nodes and wireless communications links therebetween; and a broadcast source node for broadcasting a broadcast message inviting replies from mobile nodes along a route in the MANET; a given mobile node along the route for receiving the broadcast message, forwarding the broadcast message to at least one downstream mobile node along the route, waiting for said at least one downstream mobile node to reply based upon the forwarded broadcast message, determining a given reply time based upon a number of wireless communications links along the route to said at least one downstream mobile node, and sending a reply to the broadcast message at the earlier of either said at least one downstream mobile node sending a reply to the forwarded broadcast message or a given reply time expiring, the reply comprising a conglomerated reply if said given mobile node has received the reply from said at least one downstream mobile node. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) comprising:
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a plurality of mobile nodes and wireless communications links therebetween; a given mobile node along a route in the MANET for receiving a broadcast message inviting replies from mobile nodes along the route, forwarding the broadcast message to at least one downstream mobile node along the route, waiting for said at least one downstream mobile node to reply based upon the forwarded broadcast message, and sending a conglomerated reply to the broadcast message comprising the reply from said at least one downstream mobile node; said given mobile node maintaining a route cache comprising a plurality of routes to at least one other mobile node in the MANET, and selecting a desired route for communications not including the conglomerated reply from among the plurality of routes using round-robin route selection. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) node for use in a MANET comprising a plurality of mobile nodes and wireless communications links therebetween, said MANET node comprising:
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a wireless communications device; and a controller connected to said wireless communications device for receiving a broadcast message inviting replies from mobile nodes along a route in the MANET, forwarding the broadcast message to at least one downstream mobile node along the route, waiting for the at least one downstream mobile node to reply based upon the forwarded broadcast message, and sending a reply to the broadcast message at the earlier of either the least one downstream mobile node sending a reply to the forwarded broadcast message or a given reply time expiring, the reply comprising a conglomerated reply if the reply from the at least one downstream mobile node has been received. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for communicating within a mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) comprising a plurality of mobile nodes and wireless communications links therebetween, the method comprising:
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broadcasting a broadcast message inviting replies from mobile nodes along a route in the MANET; and at a given mobile node along the route receiving the broadcast message, forwarding the broadcast message to at least one downstream mobile node along the route, waiting for the at least one downstream mobile node to reply based upon the forwarded broadcast message, and sending a reply to the broadcast message at the earlier of either the at least one downstream mobile node sending a reply to the forwarded broadcast message or a given reply time expiring, the reply comprising a conglomerated reply if the given mobile node has received the reply from the at least one downstream mobile node. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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