摘要 |
A method (200) for discovering paths between source nodes and destination nodes in mesh wireless media (WiMedia) based networks. Each of the discovered paths has sufficient medium time to enable efficient data transfers over the path. The method comprises, upon receiving a route request (RREQ), computing a number of available medium access slots (MAS) of a wireless link between a node receiving the RREQ and a node transmitting the RREQ (S210); computing a number of required MAS to deliver data over the wireless link in an upstream direction (S220); updating a local neighbor link (LNL) list when the number of required MASs is not above the number of available MASs (S240); computing an upper bound value and a lower bound value of a sufficient medium time coefficient (CSMT) (S250); and selecting the path based on at least the upper and lower bound CSMT values (S280). |