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System and method for distributing communications through a dense mesh network

  • US 8,588,103 B2
  • Filed: 04/10/2008
  • Issued: 11/19/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for distributing communications through a dense mesh network having a plurality of nodes coupled to one of a plurality of gateway controllers, comprising:

  • calculating a node location of each node relative to other nodes in the mesh network;

    assigning nodes to separate gateway controllers when the nodes are within a predetermined distance of each other;

    measuring radio frequency interference levels between the plurality of nodes and changing a communication path of nodes having levels greater than a predetermined amount;

    anddynamically changing a portion of the mesh network into a star-cluster network by instructing all but one node in a cluster of nodes to attenuate output power of the all but one node in order to minimize interference between adjacent nodes in the cluster of nodes, wherein dynamically changing the portion of the mesh network into a star-cluster network is based on an interference measurement.

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