A wireless networking method, comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of nodes including a grandparent node, a plurality of parent nodes (1, 2, 3), and a plurality of child nodes (4, 5, 6), wherein each of the parent nodes (1, 2, 3) and of the child nodes (4, 5, 6) is a wireless node, each of the parent nodes (1, 2, 3) is configured to transmit communication to the grandparent node, and each of the child nodes (4, 5, 6) is configured to transmit wireless communication to a respective subset of the parent nodes (1, 2, 3); calculating, for each of the child nodes (4, 5, 6), fractions of the child node's communication to transmit to each of the respective parent nodes (1, 2, 3) in the child node's respective subset such that each of the plurality of parent nodes (1, 2, 3) receives an equal distribution of the transmissions from the plurality of child nodes (4, 5, 6); and transmitting the wireless communication from the child nodes (4, 5, 6) to the parent nodes (1, 2, 3) via a plurality of communication paths and according to the calculated fractions, at least one of the communication paths carrying a greater number of the transmissions than at least one other one of the communication paths; characterized in that the grandparent node is a wireless node and each of the parent nodes (1, 2, 3) is configured to transmit wireless communication as communication to the grandparent node; the wireless communication from the child nodes (4, 5, 6) to the parent nodes (1, 2, 3) via the plurality of communication paths and according to the calculated fractions is transmitted such that each of the plurality of parent nodes (1, 2, 3) receives the equal distribution of the transmissions from the plurality of child nodes (4, 5, 6); and the method further comprises the step of using a first parent node (1, 2, 3) of the plurality of parent nodes (1, 2, 3) being assigned as parent to at least a first child node (4, 5, 6) of the plurality of child nodes (4, 5, 6) to transmit, in response to the first parent node (1, 2, 3) receiving a message as wireless communication from at least the first child node (4, 5, 6), an acknowledgement packet as wireless communication to the grandparent node and at least the first child node (4, 5, 6), wherein the acknowledgement packet combines a message from the first parent node (1, 2, 3) to the grandparent node and at least one signal to at least the first child node (4, 5, 6). providing a plurality of nodes including a grandparent node, a plurality of parent nodes (1, 2, 3), and a plurality of child nodes (4, 5, 6), wherein each of the parent nodes (1, 2, 3) and of the child nodes (4, 5, 6) is a wireless node, each of the parent nodes (1, 2, 3) is configured to transmit communication to the grandparent node, and each of the child nodes (4, 5, 6) is configured to transmit wireless communication to a respective subset of the parent nodes (1, 2, 3); calculating, for each of the child nodes (4, 5, 6), fractions of the child node's communication to transmit to each of the respective parent nodes (1, 2, 3) in the child node's respective subset such that each of the plurality of parent nodes (1, 2, 3) receives an equal distribution of the transmissions from the plurality of child nodes (4, 5, 6); and transmitting the wireless communication from the child nodes (4, 5, 6) to the parent nodes (1, 2, 3) via a plurality of communication paths and according to the calculated fractions, at least one of the communication paths carrying a greater number of the transmissions than at least one other one of the communication paths; characterized in that the grandparent node is a wireless node and each of the parent nodes (1, 2, 3) is configured to transmit wireless communication as communication to the grandparent node; the wireless communication from the child nodes (4, 5, 6) to the parent nodes (1, 2, 3) via the plurality of communication paths and according to the calculated fractions is transmitted such that each of the plurality of parent nodes (1, 2, 3) receives the equal distribution of the transmissions from the plurality of child nodes (4, 5, 6); and the method further comprises the step of using a first parent node (1, 2, 3) of the plurality of parent nodes (1, 2, 3) being assigned as parent to at least a first child node (4, 5, 6) of the plurality of child nodes (4, 5, 6) to transmit, in response to the first parent node (1, 2, 3) receiving a message as wireless communication from at least the first child node (4, 5, 6), an acknowledgement packet as wireless communication to the grandparent node and at least the first child node (4, 5, 6), wherein the acknowledgement packet combines a message from the first parent node (1, 2, 3) to the grandparent node and at least one signal to at least the first child node (4, 5, 6).