Patent ID: 7742436

Claim:
Processor-readable software code stored on a processor-readable medium, the code comprising code to: cause a wireless communication node of a network that includes a plurality of wireless communication nodes to receive information from a network administrator that identifies a planned link between the wireless communication node and a destination node of the network, wherein the information includes an identification of the destination node; establish connectivity for the planned link between the communication node and the destination node; determine whether an additional link should be added to the network based on a link priority associated with the additional link, wherein the additional link is a link between the wireless communication node and another node of the network, and the additional link is not specified by the network administrator; and when the additional link should be added to the network, establish connectivity for the additional link, the connectivity for the additional link being based on the link priority associated with the additional link, and wherein the link priority is based on the following equation: Link Priority=β*Old Link Priority+(1−β) New Link Priority, where β is associated with a network plan.