METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DISCOVERING A GATEWAY AND FOR ROUTING TOWARDS SAID GATEWAY IN A HYBRID WIRELESS NETWORK

摘要

The invention relates to a gateway (25) between an ad-hoc network (5) and a fixed network (2) in a hybrid telecommunication network (1), that selects at least one so-called "gateway" node (10'), among candidate nodes (10) of the ad-hoc network (5) located at one jump from said gateway (25) and having a connectivity with said gateway (25) higher than a predetermined threshold, for relaying at least a portion of the traffic between other nodes (10) of the ad-hoc network (5) and the gateway (25).