appreciated by one skilled in the art the nodes 102 106 and 107 are capable of communicating with each other directly or via one or more other nodes 102 106 or 107 operating as a router or routers for data packets being sent between nodes 102 as described in u s pat no 5 943 322 to mayor and in u s patent application ser nos 09 897 790 09 815 157 and 09 815 164 referenced above specifically as shown in fig2 each node 102 106 and 107 includes a transceiver 108 which is coupled to an antenna 110 and is capable of receiving and transmitting signals such as packetized data signals to and from the node 102 106 or 107 under the control of a controller 112 the packetized data signals can include for example voice data or multimedia each node 102 106 and 107 further includes a memory 114 such as a random access memory ram that is capable of storing among other things routing information pertaining to itself and other nodes 102 106 or 107 in the network 100 the nodes 102 106 and 107 exchange their respective routing information referred to as routing advertisements or routing table information with each other via a broadcasting mechanism periodically for example when a new node 102 enters the network 100.