Patent ID: 8924588

Claim:
A site controller comprising: a processor; and a memory containing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the site controller to: receive original data messages and repeated data messages originating at a first remote device via a first wireless transceiver associated with the first remote device, said first wireless transceiver being part of a wireless communication network comprising a plurality of wireless transceivers associated with a plurality of remote devices, the original data messages comprising a unique identifier of the first wireless transceiver and a sensor data signal from the first remote device, the repeated data messages comprising a unique identifier of a second wireless transceiver in the wireless communication network and a sensor data signal from a second remote device associated with the second wireless transceiver; identify remote devices in the plurality of remote devices associated with the sensor data signals of the received original data messages and repeated data messages; provide information related to the sensor data signals to a wide area network for access by a first host computer; and determine and store upstream and downstream paths for one or more of the plurality of remote devices in the wireless communication network.