Patent ID: 7546094

Claim:
A method of dynamically deploying wireless repeaters in an ad hoc communications network for providing optimized placement of the repeaters and improved coverage within the communications network, comprising the steps of: establishing one or more active repeaters to define said communications network, wherein one of said active repeaters serves as a critical communications node; deploying one or more inactive repeaters in said communications network; for each of said inactive repeaters, evaluating a quality of a signal between said critical node and at least one other of said active repeaters deployed in the communications network, the evaluating step including at least one of: measuring a signal strength from other active repeaters in the communications network; and measuring a signal strength from a nearest repeater among the other active repeaters in the communications network; responsive to said quality falling below a critical level, activating said inactive repeater; and entering a vertical unit for signal reception in said activated repeater, said entered vertical unit identifying a floor level of said activated repeater.