Patent ID: 8503330

Claim:
A computer-implemented method performed by data processing apparatus, the method comprising: receiving commissioning data for a wireless network, the commissioning data including: a device list specifying a plurality of wireless devices to join or that have joined the wireless network; zone configuration data specifying a plurality of zones in the wireless network and further specifying, for each zone, one or more devices of the plurality of wireless devices that belong to the zone; and receiving physical environment data defining a plurality of physical deployment areas in which the plurality of wireless devices are deployed; receiving configuration preferences for the wireless network and the physical environment data; automatically generating consolidated zone configuration data from the commissioning data, the physical environment data, and the configuration preferences, the consolidated zone configuration data specifying a plurality of consolidated zones in the wireless network, each of the consolidated zones: corresponding to one of the physical deployment areas; specifying respective one or more wireless devices that belong to the consolidated zone; and commissioning the wireless network according to the consolidated zone configuration data.