Patent ID: 8509238

Claim:
A communication network comprising: a basestation; a plurality of superordinate nodes; a plurality of terminal nodes; a plurality of cascade type topologies, each cascade type topology including a different sub-plurality of the superordinate nodes, each cascade type topology being a different branch connected to the basestation and having a branch number; and a plurality of star type topologies, each star type topology including a different sub-plurality of the terminal nodes and one of the superordinate nodes, wherein each superordinate node, as a given superordinate node, has an address indicating the different branch of the cascade typology in which the given superordinate node is included, and indicating a hop number of a depth of the given superordinate node from the basestation within the cascade typology in which the given superordinate node is included, and wherein each terminal node, as a given terminal node, has an address indicating the different branch of the cascade typology in which the superordinate node is included that is in the star type topology in which the given terminal node is also included, indicating the hop number of the address of the superordinate node included in the star type topology in which the given terminal node is also included, and indicating a node sub-number uniquely identifying the given terminal node within the star type topology in which the given terminal node is included.