Patent ID: 6876643

Claim:
A method for organizing a set of nodes into a minimum number of connected clusters in a wireless transmission system, said method comprising steps of: using of bits in packets used in the initial stages of a device discovery procedure, to include information relating to a state of said nodes during the initial stages of the procedure; setting parameters in the procedure for device discovery to achieve a separation of the nodes into those in a transmit-state and a receive-state; defining Master-designates among said nodes through a statistical procedure and defining remaining nodes Slave-designates; and defining clusters including said Master-designates and at least one said Slave-designate, wherein said Slave-designate continuously scans for an inquiry message transmitted from said Master-designate and said Slave-designate transmits an inquiry response to said Master-designate upon receiving said inquiry message to establish a connection between said Master-designate and said Slave-designate, wherein at least one Super-master-designate is selected from said Master-designates and at least one Proxy-Slave is selected for each Master-designate.