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A method for establishing simultaneous communications between nodes having neighboring nodes in a multi-hop network of transceiver nodes arranged in neighborhoods includes determining the quality of communication links between the nodes of a neighborhood and adjacent neighborhoods. A table of qualit

A method for establishing simultaneous communications between nodes having neighboring nodes in a multi-hop network of transceiver nodes arranged in neighborhoods includes determining the quality of communication links between the nodes of a neighborhood and adjacent neighborhoods. A table of quality data is stored representing the quality of communication links between nodes of the neighborhood for each node. A set of performance criterion of desired service in the neighborhood is stored. A set of possible link assignments between ones of the nodes in the neighborhood is generated from the table of quality data based upon a maximized performance criterion of desired service in the neighborhood. Link assignments are then allocated between nodes of the neighborhood based upon the desired performance criterion.

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[ We claim:] [4.] A method for establishing communication between multiple nodes, comprising the steps of:creating a multi-hop network including a plurality of nodes, each of said plurality of nodes operating in a transmit mode and a receive mode, the plurality of nodes arranged in neighborhoods, su

[ We claim:] [4.] A method for establishing communication between multiple nodes, comprising the steps of:creating a multi-hop network including a plurality of nodes, each of said plurality of nodes operating in a transmit mode and a receive mode, the plurality of nodes arranged in neighborhoods, such that nodes operating in a transmit mode communicate simultaneously over links with multiple nodes in the neighborhood operating in a receive mode, and wherein a node operating in a receive mode can be a neighbor of more than one node operating in a transmit mode;allocating frequency and time slots for each node to create link assignments between nodes of the neighborhood based upon desired performance criteria;determining the quality of communication links between the nodes of a neighborhood and adjacent neighborhoods;creating a table of data representing the quality of transmission between nodes of the neighborhood for each node;storing a set of performance criterion of service desired;generating a set of potential link assignments between ones of the nodes in the neighborhood from the table of data based upon a maximized performance criterion of service desired in the neighborhood;negotiating the set of potential link assignments to generate actual link assignments; andallocating frequency and time slots to satisfy the actual link assignments between nodes of the neighborhood based upon the desired performance criterion.