Patent ID: 7844308

Claim:
A method for communicating with a wireless network comprised of nodes that are active for predefined activation times and that are at least partially dormant when not active, the method comprising: identifying, by a non-base station and non-master station first device, a start of communication via a first message that exceeds a maximum activation time of nodes on the wireless network by a factor N, where N is equal to at least a maximum number of frequencies on the wireless network, and the first message transmitted from the first device; receiving, by the first device, first information transmitted from a non-base station and non-master station second device, wherein the second device comprising a node on the wireless network that is within a transmission range of the first device, and the first information is received following the first message and includes first sequence data, first wake-up data, and first duty cycle data for the second device and the first sequence data, the first wake-up data, and the first duty cycle data is generated by the second device and not by a base station or a master station; and receiving, by the first device or the second device, second information transmitted from a non-base station and non-master station third device, and the second information is received following a second message and includes second sequence data, second wake-up data, and second duty cycle data for the third device and the second sequence data, the second wake-up data, and the second duty cycle data is generated by the third device and not by a base station or a master station; wherein the first sequence data, the first wake-up data, and the first duty cycle data are received in a same listening frequency following the first message, but at different times than, the second sequence data, the second wake-up data, and the second duty cycle data.