Patent ID: 7711371

Claim:
A method for analysis of a wireless mesh network comprising: defining a map of a physical environment integrating communications hardware for implementing the wireless mesh network, wherein the communication hardware comprises at least one backhaul anchored node (BAN) and a plurality of mesh nodes; defining client service requirements and regions for the wireless mesh network; defining mesh point constraints and mesh linkage constraints for the wireless mesh network, wherein the mesh linkage constraints comprises at least one constraint between the at least one BAN and each of the plurality of mesh nodes; placing the at least one BAN and each of the plurality of mesh nodes on the map at initial locations; calculating whether at least one of the defined mesh point constraints and mesh linkage constraints have been met by at least one link between the at least one BAN and each of the plurality of mesh nodes based upon the initial locations of the at least one BAN and each of the plurality of mesh nodes; and interconverting between at least one of the plurality of mesh nodes and at least one BAN to meet the defined mesh point and mesh linkage constraints, based on the calculation that the at least one of the defined mesh point constraints and mesh linkage constraints is not met, wherein the at least one BAN connects the wireless mesh network to a data network.