Relays in structured ad hoc networks

A method of routing a first signal in a telecommunication network is disclosed. The telecommunication network comprises plural nodes and uses time-division multiple access (TDMA) frames, with each TDMA frame divided into time slots and each time slot is divided into subslots. The method includes the step of transmitting a first signal from an initiating node in a first subslot. The method further includes the step of receiving the first signal at other nodes in the network in the first subslot, wherein the first signal is retransmitted in a second subslot subsequent to the first subslot. An improvement in the method includes the step of preparing for the retransmission at least one of a time-dispersed first signal or time-dispersed algorithmically related first signal by two or more nodes via a controller.