Patent ID: 8812654

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving an assembly packet at a node, wherein the assembly packet includes an instruction, wherein the instruction comprises either a first-type instruction or a second-type instruction, wherein the first-type instruction indicates the node is to become a base node of a cluster in a reconfigurable multi-cluster network, and Wherein the second-type instruction indicates the node is to become a remote node of the cluster in the reconfigurable multi-cluster network; and in response to reception of the assembly packet at the node: if the node has previously received another assembly packet, ignoring the received assembly packet; and if the node has not previously received another assembly packet, modifying the received assembly packet and transmitting the modified assembly packet, wherein modifying the assembly packet comprises: if the instruction included in the assembly packet comprises the first-type instruction, modifying the instruction included in the assembly packet to comprise the second-type instruction; and if the instruction included in the assembly packet comprises the second type instruction, modifying the instruction to comprise the first-type instruction.