Patent Document ID: 8902903
Application ID: 13285963
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A system comprising: at least one device comprising a hardware processor; the system being configured to perform operations comprising: selecting, for each mesh node of a plurality of mesh nodes, a respective time period from a set of time periods to (a) wirelessly transmit data to another mesh node on a communication path toward a mesh portal or (b) wirelessly transmit data directly to the mesh portal; wherein a child mesh node, of any particular mesh node in the plurality of mesh nodes, is a mesh node that is communicatively coupled with the mesh portal at least through the particular mesh node; wherein the mesh portal is a mesh node with a wired connection to a wired network; wherein the respective time period selected for each mesh node, with one or more child mesh nodes, is selected after the respective time periods for all the child mesh nodes of that mesh node has been selected.