Patent ID: 7818407

Claim:
A method for preventing reconfiguring a binary tree topology network, the network including a plurality of nodes, including a root node and the first set of nodes, operatively networked together to provide a downtree communication path for data, the network configured wherein a first node is docked downtree of, and with a parent node, and uptree of, and with a first child node and a second child node, and wherein the first node, the first child node and the second child node, are each one of the first set of nodes, and the plurality of nodes includes each of the first set of nodes and the parent node, the method of preventing reconfiguring the network comprising the steps of: sending a first please stand by message from the first node to the first and second child node, inhibiting the first and second child nodes from reporting an issue with the performance of the first node for at least a predetermined period after the first please stand by message is received.