MAINTAINING INFORMATION FACILITATING DETERMINISTIC NETWORK ROUTING
First Claim
1. In a wireless network comprising a plurality of nodes, a method of maintaining, by a first node, information regarding communications links between nodes in the wireless network, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) for each communications link that is established with another node, recording an identification of the other node; and
(b) for each message received by the first node from the other node through the communications link with the other node, recording a network pathway by which the message has been sent in the wireless network, the network pathway identifying the nodes and the communications links therebetween in the wireless network by which the message has been sent.
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Abstract
In a wireless network that includes a plurality of nodes, a method of maintaining, by a first node, information regarding communications links between nodes in the wireless network includes: for each communications link that is established with another node, recording an identification of the other node; and for each message received by the first node from the other node through the communications link with the other node, recording a network pathway by which the message has been sent in the wireless network, the network pathway identifying the nodes and the communications links therebetween by which the message has been sent. Another method includes recording, by a server, for each message that is received by the server from the wireless network, a network pathway by which the message has been sent, the network pathway identifying the nodes and the communications links therebetween by which the message has been sent.
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1. In a wireless network comprising a plurality of nodes, a method of maintaining, by a first node, information regarding communications links between nodes in the wireless network, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) for each communications link that is established with another node, recording an identification of the other node; and
(b) for each message received by the first node from the other node through the communications link with the other node, recording a network pathway by which the message has been sent in the wireless network, the network pathway identifying the nodes and the communications links therebetween in the wireless network by which the message has been sent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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- 14. In a wireless network comprising a plurality of nodes, a method of maintaining information regarding communications links between nodes in the wireless network, the method comprising the step of recording, by a server, for each message that is received by the server from the wireless network, a network pathway by which the message has been sent in the wireless network, the network pathway identifying the nodes and the communications links therebetween in the wireless network by which the message has been sent.
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