ACCESS POINT AND NODE FOR CONTROLLING ROUTING IN A HYBRID NETWORK

摘要

This access point (30) comprises: - a topology table comprising routes to the nodes recorded on request at the access point, and routes to the nodes that have responded to an announcement message broadcast by this access point (30) to just the nodes that have a predetermined status; and - means for selecting a route from among all the possible routes between a source node (S) and a destination node (D), which routes are determined on the basis of the aforesaid response messages. Only the nodes which have not contributed to the conveying of a recording request respond to the announcement message.