Patent ID: 7996031
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: G01D,H04L,H04W,Y02B,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method of connecting a node to a wireless network, comprising: (i) transmitting a first type of broadcast message from a first node over each of a plurality of channels, seeking a response from any other node that communicates on at least one of said channels; (ii) upon receiving a response from another node communicating on one of the channels, transmitting a second type of broadcast message from the first node on said one channel, seeking responses from multiple other nodes communicating on said one channel; and (iii) processing responses received at the first node to said second type of broadcast message, to select one of the other nodes communicating on said one channel, from which a response is received, as a neighbor link in a path for communications over a network associated with said one channel.