Patent ID: 8194569

Claim:
A method comprising: providing a primary controller in a mesh network to instruct a static update controller to enable node information server functionality to form a static update controller information server, wherein the static update controller holds a copy of a network topology and changes to a network, the primary controller optionally sends updated node information to the static update controller when at least one of a node is added to the network, a node is deleted from the network, and a routing change occurs in the network, the updated node information is sent to the static update controller as a result of an automatic detection of a change in the topology of the network, including at least one of a user adding, deleting, and relocating a node within the mesh network, and the user enables the automatic detection only through at least one of the relocation of the node, the powering up of the node, and the powering down of the node , wherein the primary controller further functions as a first inclusion controller.