Self-organizing hierarchical wireless network for surveillance and control
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1. A wireless network, comprising:
- a cluster head network having at least one cluster head; and
a sensor/actuator network arranged in a hierarchical manner with the cluster head network and having a plurality of sensor/actuator nodes arranged in a plurality of node levels and being self-organizing.
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Abstract
A wireless network is described including a cluster network and a sensor/actuator network arranged in a hierarchical manner with the cluster head network. The cluster head network includes at least one cluster head and the sensor/actuator network includes a plurality of sensor/actuator nodes arranged in a plurality of node levels.
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46 Claims
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1. A wireless network, comprising:
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a cluster head network having at least one cluster head; and
a sensor/actuator network arranged in a hierarchical manner with the cluster head network and having a plurality of sensor/actuator nodes arranged in a plurality of node levels and being self-organizing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method of wirelessly networking sensor/actuator nodes, comprising:
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initializing a cluster head network;
initializing a sensor/actuator node network to form an integrated wireless network, the sensor/actuator nodes forming a plurality of node levels; and
operating the integrated wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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