Variable translucency no-sight routing for ad-hoc networks

摘要

A system comprising a plurality of nodes forming a network and a link-state packet capable of being transmitted by a source node in the network to a destination node in the network over a communication link; wherein the source node subtracts a transmission cost associated with the communication link from a time-to-live value associated with the link-state packet prior to transmitting the link-state packet to the destination node. Each node in the network may be configured to use a routing protocol, such as a no-sight routing protocol, to assign the transmission cost to the communication link.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
determining whether a propagation limit of a packet is greater than a predetermined transmission cost assigned to a first link from a first node of a network to a second node of the network, the propagation limit established based at least in part on a node density of the network, the transmission cost assigned to the first link according to an aggregate cost of transmitting data over a route to a destination using the first link; if the propagation limit is greater than the transmission cost associated with the first link, adjusting the propagation limit of the packet based at least in part on the transmission cost and transmitting the packet over the first link from the first node to the second node; associating a first bandwidth with the first link; and determining the transmission cost assigned to the first link based at least in part on the first bandwidth associated with the first link.