Route selection in wireless networks
First Claim
1. A method for locating a route between a source node and a destination node in an on-demand wireless network, said method comprising:
- flooding said on-demand wireless network with a route request message by said source node;
receiving a route reply message to said route request message from a first intermediate node having a valid route to said destination node, wherein said first intermediate node responds to said route request message based on a condition of a flag in said route request message, and further wherein said first intermediate node resets said flag; and
receiving in unicast a further route reply message from said destination node, said further route reply message including a best route selected by said destination node based on cumulative metrics received in route request messages received by said destination node, wherein if a temporary route is said best route then said further route reply message serves as a confirmation and if said temporary route is not said best route then said further route reply message serves to establish said best route upon receipt of said further route reply message by said source node.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are described for locating a route between a source node and a destination node in an on-demand wireless network including flooding the wireless network with a route request message by the source node and receiving a route reply message responsive to the route request message from a first intermediate node having a valid route to the destination node, wherein the first intermediate node responds to the route request message based on a condition of a flag in the route request message. Also described are a method and apparatus for locating a route between a source node and a destination node in an on-demand wireless network including receiving a route request message from the source node and responding to the route request message with a route reply message by a first intermediate node having a valid route to the destination node, wherein the intermediate node responds to the route request message based on a condition of a flag in the route request message.
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38 Claims
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1. A method for locating a route between a source node and a destination node in an on-demand wireless network, said method comprising:
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flooding said on-demand wireless network with a route request message by said source node; receiving a route reply message to said route request message from a first intermediate node having a valid route to said destination node, wherein said first intermediate node responds to said route request message based on a condition of a flag in said route request message, and further wherein said first intermediate node resets said flag; and receiving in unicast a further route reply message from said destination node, said further route reply message including a best route selected by said destination node based on cumulative metrics received in route request messages received by said destination node, wherein if a temporary route is said best route then said further route reply message serves as a confirmation and if said temporary route is not said best route then said further route reply message serves to establish said best route upon receipt of said further route reply message by said source node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for locating a route between a source node and a destination node in an on-demand wireless network, comprising:
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means for flooding said on-demand wireless network with a route request message by said source node; means for responding to said route request message with a route reply message by a first intermediate node having a valid route to said destination node, wherein said first intermediate node responds to said route request message based on a condition of a flag in said route request message, and further wherein said first intermediate node resets said flag; and
means for receiving in unicast a further route reply message from said destination node, said further route reply message based on cumulative metrics received in route request messages received by said destination node, wherein if a temporary route is said best route then said further route reply message serves as a confirmation and if said temporary forward route is not said best route then said further route reply message serves to establish said best route upon receipt of said further route reply message by said source node. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for locating a route between a source node and a destination node in an on-demand wireless network, said method comprising:
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receiving a route request message from said source node; responding to said route request message with a route reply message by a first intermediate node having a valid route to said destination node, wherein said first intermediate node responds to said route request message based on a condition of a flag in said route request message, and further wherein said first intermediate node resets said flag; and receiving, by said first intermediate node, in unicast a further route reply message from said destination node, said further route reply message including a best route selected by said destination node based on cumulative metrics received in route request messages received by said destination node, wherein if a temporary route is said best route then said further route reply message serves as a confirmation and if said temporary route is not said best route then said further route reply message serves to establish said best route upon receipt of said further route reply message by said source node. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An apparatus for locating a route between a source node and a destination node in an on-demand wireless network, comprising:
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means for receiving a route request message from said source node; and means for responding to said route request message with a route reply message by a first intermediate node having a valid route to said destination node, wherein said first intermediate node responds to said route request message based on a condition of a flag in said route request message, and further wherein said first intermediate node resets said flag; and means for receiving, by said first intermediate node, in unicast a further route reply message from said destination node, said further route reply message based on cumulative metrics received in route request messages received by said destination node, wherein if a temporary route is said best route then said further route reply message serves as a confirmation and if said temporary forward route is not said best route then said further route reply message serves to establish said best route upon receipt of said further route reply message by said source node. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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