Determination of a transmission through a network having a plurality of nodes using carrier sense multiple access collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) may be performed by broadcasting a route request (RREQ) packet from a source node that is targeted towards a destination node within the network, such that the RREQ is received by a first set of nodes in proximity to the source node. After first receiving a RREQ, each of the plurality of nodes rebroadcasts the RREQ after waiting a randomized amount of wait time. During each randomized wait time, the node suppresses all but one RREQ received by the node during the wait time.