Patent ID: 8072877

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a plurality of receiving nodes configured to receive a wireless transmission of data via wireless links from a transmitter unit; and a few-wire link connected to the plurality of receiving nodes, the few-wire link configured to forward the data to at least one operating device; wherein at least one of the plurality of receiving nodes is configured to receive the data using at least one of the wireless links and, in response to receiving a complete wireless transmission of the data from the at least one of the wireless links, to transmit the data to the few-wire link; wherein the at least one of the plurality of receiving nodes is configured, in response to receiving less than a complete wireless transmission of data at the at least one of the plurality of receiving nodes; to not transmit received data to the few-wire link; wherein the at least one of the plurality of receiving nodes is configured to, in response to receiving less than a complete wireless transmission of data, receive information from the few-wire link related to cancelling attempts to connect to the few-wire link after another of the plurality of receiving nodes that received a complete wireless transmission of data has transmitted the received data on the few-wire link.