Patent ID: 7653030
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a first-tier mesh, a second-tier mesh, and a third-tier mesh, wherein the first-tier mesh, the second-tier-mesh, and the third-tier mesh operate and communicate according to different mesh architectures based on at least two of a point-to-point-mesh architecture, a pre-configured-mesh architecture, and an ad-hoc-mesh architecture, the first-tier mesh, the second-tier mesh, and the third-tier mesh configured as separate networks; wherein the first-tier mesh formed of a plurality of first-tier nodes, each of the first-tier nodes of the plurality of first-tier nodes configured to communicate data within the first tier with at least selected others of the first-tier nodes, at least one of the first-tier nodes forming a first-tier sink node configured to communicate via the second-tier mesh, wherein the at least a second-tier mesh formed of a plurality of second-tier nodes, each of the second-tier nodes of the plurality of second-tier nodes configured to communicate data within the second tier with at least selected others of the second-tier nodes, at least one of the second-tier nodes forming a second-tier sink node, the second-tier sink node further configured to communicate with the first-tier sink node of said first-tier mesh and configured to communicate via the third-tier, wherein the third-tier mesh formed of a plurality of third-tier nodes, each of the third-tier nodes of the plurality of third-tier nodes configured to communicate data with at least selected others of the third-tier nodes and at least one of the second-tier mesh and the third-tier mesh, at least one of the third-tier nodes forming a third-tier sink node, wherein the system is configured to provide radio communication of data therein, and the first-tier nodes of said first-tier mesh operate and communicate based on first-tier-mesh operational characteristics, wherein the second-tier nodes of said second-tier mesh operate and communicate based on second-tier-mesh operational characteristics, and wherein the third-tier nodes of said third-tier mesh operate and communicate based on third-tier-mesh operational characteristics, and wherein each of the first-tier mesh, the second-tier mesh, and the third-tier mesh includes at least one sink node to provide communications among the first-tier mesh, the second-tier mesh, and the third-tier mesh.