Patent ID: 8982754
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a wireless mesh network, comprising: individually actuating a neighbor wireless mesh network node in proximity to a second node to be added to the mesh network, causing the neighbor wireless mesh network to be woke from a synchronized sleep state prior to a scheduled synchronized wake period of a sleep schedule, wherein the actuation is selective of the neighbor wireless mesh network node actuated; and adding the second node to the wireless mesh network, the second node exchanging data, including the sleep schedule, with the neighbor wireless mesh network node to join the network; wherein, after the second node joins the network, the second node and the neighbor wireless mesh network node return to a sleep state until a next scheduled synchronized wake period according to the sleep schedule; wherein the sleep schedule coordinates sleep periods and synchronized wake periods such that the neighbor wireless mesh network node, the second node, and one or more other wireless mesh network nodes are awake at the same time.