Patent ID: 8644271
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A mesh network for providing data communications amongst a plurality of nodes, comprising: a source node for producing a first polling information and a second polling information, wherein the source node is a polling coordinator, wherein the first polling information and the second polling information form a portion of source node database information; a first node for processing the first polling information to update first node database information; and a second node for processing the second polling information to update second node database information, wherein a portion of the first node database information, a portion of the second node database information and a portion of the source database information combine to form a shared database that is accessible by a plurality of nodes comprising the source node, the first node and the second node, wherein each node of the plurality of nodes is assigned to act as the polling coordinator or a polled node on a node by node basis semi-autonomously, based on knowledge by the node of other nodes within an interference area according to a schedule stored in the shared database, where the schedule comprises polling time and frequencies and is updated when a scheduling conflict is identified, which conflict is identified when two nodes within the interference area are scheduled to simultaneously act as the polling coordinator, and wherein the polling time and frequency relate to future times and frequencies at which the nodes are assigned to one of either be polled or act as a polling coordinator.