Patent ID: 9282466
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A system for deploying a network of nodes in an area of interest, the system comprising a processing resource in communication with a non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the computer-readable medium contains a set of instructions and wherein the processing resource is designed to execute the instructions to: determine the area of interest for node deployment; create a bounding box for the area of interest; fill the bounding box with a node deployment grid; determine whether a node in the node deployment grid is an essential node or an enhancement node, wherein the essential node is a node located within a boundary of the area of interest, and wherein the enhancement node is a node located outside the boundary of the area of interest and provides coverage to a portion of the area of interest; remove the enhancement node when it provides duplicate coverage to each portion of the area of interest that is provided coverage by the enhancement node; and connect at least one of the essential node and the enhancement node to a node in the node deployment grid when they are disconnected from nodes in the node deployment grid with a minimum spanning tree.