Patent ID: 8441959

Claim:
A method of establishing a wireless multi-hop network comprising a plurality of devices of a device arrangement for establishing a physical wireless connection between a seeking device and a parent device of the network in a self-organizing process by performing the act of: the seeking device, intending to join the network, listening for beacon signals emitted by candidate parent devices already in the network comprising network identifiers and device identifiers of the emitting devices; in a parent selection process, the seeking device selecting the parent device from among the candidate parent devices, according to given selection rules, based on the network identifiers, acceptance capabilities of the candidate parent devices, and link quality parameter values relating the seeking device and the candidate parent devices; in the parent selection process application, applying application-level connection data of at least one of the seeking device and the candidate parent devices; and physically connecting by the seeking device via the selected parent device to the network, wherein the beacon signals comprise an acceptance capability of the respective candidate parent device.