Methods for multi-lane discovery with partially disjoint paths

A method for multilane path discovery between a first node and a second node in a wireless mesh network, the method being performed by an intermediate node and comprising:

• receiving a path request for establishing a path between the first and second nodes, wherein the path request comprises received node count information related to the path between the first and second nodes;
• determining that the received node count information is less than or equal to stored node count information, associated with the first and second nodes, that is stored in a discovery table of the intermediate node;
• and
• updating the stored node count information with the received node count information, wherein the stored node count information and the received node count information are based on:
• a hop count from the first node, and a number of overlapping nodes between the path and one or more further paths between the first and second nodes.