Patent ID: 7653010
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a wireless mesh network including a plurality of nodes, each node comprising a processor, the method comprising: seeding the network from a first node; allocating a network address to each member node of the network to form a tree-like structure of nodes, such that the network address is reversibly derived from the network address of the member node from which it is derived in the tree-like structure; and mapping out cross-branch network connections between nodes that are determined not to be immediate neighbour nodes according to the addresses of the tree-like structure, wherein cross-branch network connections are formed by: (1) each node of the network periodically transmitting a discovery message; and (ii) when a second member node receives the discovery message, forming a cross-branch network connection between the second member node and a node that sent the discovery message.