Patent ID: 8654869

Claim:
An input/output device comprising: a transmitter configured to generate radio frequency signal transmissions and communicate messages to at least one neighbouring input/output device in a multi-signal path transmission network; a receiver configured to receive radio frequency signal transmissions including messages generated by the at least one neighbouring input/output device in the multi-signal path transmission network; and a processor-based control coordinating operation of the transmitter to generate the radio frequency signal transmissions in response to the received signal transmissions, the processor-based control configured to: accept received signal strength indication (RSSI) values from incoming messages from the at least one neighbouring input/output device on various frequency channels; and calculate a representative x th percentile RSSI level for the RSSI values accepted for a communications link established through the at least one neighbouring input/output device; and utilize the calculated x th percentile RSSI level to route messages through the multi-signal path transmission network; wherein x is strategically selected to avoid multi-path fading issues in message routing.