Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a source node capable of dynamic source routing (SSDSR) to a destination node, wherein the dynamic source routing comprises: a route discovery process wherein route request packets are flooded in a network in an expanding ring search by the source node with the route request packets capable of recording information about the route including intermediate hop signal strength; and choosing an optimal path for the data traffic based on the information about the route. An embodiment of the present invention further provides when the destination node receives a Route Request packet, it is capable of responding to the source node by sending a Route Reply packet using the same route in the reverse direction that the Route Request packet took to reach the destination.