The present invention relates to a software architecture protocol stack for use in an ad-hoc
wireless communication network. More particularly, the present invention relates to a …

BACKGROUND 0004 Packet-radio technology has the potential of becoming a major
component of the global information infrastructure, at least in part because it requires no …

Anarchitectural Solution in which standalone ad-hoc network cells are used as an extension
of the backbone infrastructure in terms of network architecture or/and its service capabilities …

0002 With recent advancements in computer and wire leSS communications technologies,
mobile wireleSS comput ing is expected to experience increasingly widespread use and …

The present invention, accordingly, advantageously pro vides apparatus, and an associated
method, by Which to facilitate routing of packet-formatted data and in an ad hoc, Wireless …

(57) ABSTRACT A mobile ad-hoc network device includes application soft ware. The device
constructs its routing table, listing reachable devices with the same application software. The …

The traditional approach used for terrestrial wireleSS communication networkS Such as
cellular networks consists of dividing the desired coverage area into a set of overlap ping …

Routing table update messages that include both network level and link-level addresses of
nodes of a computer network are exchanged among the nodes of the computer network …

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for extending a Zone routing
protocol. The invention is con? g ured to provide a robust scalable framework for routing …

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along reverse shortest 6,088,333 A* 7/2000 Yang et al------------------709/238 paths to the …