MAINTAINING INFORMATION FACILITATING DETERMINISTIC NETWORK ROUTING
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Abstract
In a wireless network that includes a plurality of nodes, a method of maintaining, by a first node, information regarding communications links between nodes in the wireless network includes: for each communications link that is established with another node, recording an identification of the other node; and for each message received by the first node from the other node through the communications link with the other node, recording a network pathway by which the message has been sent in the wireless network, the network pathway identifying the nodes and the communications links therebetween by which the message has been sent. Another method includes recording, by a server, for each message that is received by the server from the wireless network, a network pathway by which the message has been sent, the network pathway identifying the nodes and the communications links therebetween by which the message has been sent.
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40 Claims
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21. A wireless two-way RF data communication device that forms a node of a data communications network, the device comprising:
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(a) a memory having stored therein an unique identifier of the wireless two-way RF data communication device that uniquely identifies the wireless two-way RF data communication device within the data communications network; (b) a receiver configured to receive radio frequency transmissions; (b) a transmitter configured to make radio frequency transmissions; and (c) electronic components arranged and configured such that the wireless two-way RF data communication device communicates with other nodes of the data communications network in communicating messages from originating nodes to destination nodes, and such that each message that is communicated by the wireless two-way RF data communication device includes the unique identification of the wireless two-way RF data communication device. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A data communications network, comprising:
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(a) a plurality of wireless two-way radio frequency (RF) data communication devices, each wireless two-way RF data communication device forming a node of the data communications network and each wireless two-way RF data communication device including a memory having stored therein an unique identifier of the wireless two-way RF data communication device; (b) wherein each wireless two-way RF data communication device comprises, (i) a receiver configured to receive radio frequency transmissions, (ii) a transmitter configured to make radio frequency transmissions, and (iii) electronic components arranged and configured such that the wireless two-way RF data communication device communicates with other wireless two-way RF data communication devices of the data communications network in communicating messages from originating nodes to destination nodes, and such that each message that is communicated by the wireless two-way RF data communication device includes the unique identification of the originating node for the message and the unique identification of each intermediate node by which the message has been communicated in the data communications network, whereby the pathway by which each message is communicated in the data communications network is included with the message. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. In a data network comprising a plurality of wireless two-way radio frequency (RF) data communication devices, each wireless two-way RF data communication device forming a node of the data communications network, a method of tracking a pathway by which a message is communicated within a data communications network, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) maintaining a unique identification of each of the plurality of wireless two-way RF data communication devices that form a node of the data communications network; and (b) for each wireless two-way RF data communication device that communicates a message in the data communications network, including with the message the unique identification of the wireless two-way RF data communication device such that the pathway by which the message is sent from an originating node to a destination node is communicated to the destination node upon delivery of the message to the destination node. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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