Method and apparatus for wireless communication in a mesh network
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for communication in a wireless sensor network. In one embodiment, one or more routers in a network may be available for communication with one or more star nodes at a randomized time and/or frequency. A connectivity assessment, which may be performed at several different frequencies and/or times, may be performed to evaluate the quality of communications between devices in the network. Primary and secondary communication relationships may be formed between devices to provide for system redundancy. One or more proxies may be maintained where each proxy includes a status of one or more devices in the network, e.g., one or more star nodes or routers. Proxies may be used to handle information requests and/or status change requests, e.g., a proxy may be requested to change a communication relationship between devices in the network and may generate command signals to cause the corresponding devices to make the change.
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33. A wireless network device comprising:
a node constructed and arranged to transmit and receive wireless signals in a wireless network, the node including a direct sequence spread spectrum radio adapted to transmit and receive wireless signals on a plurality of different frequency channels, and wherein the node uses multiple different frequency channels in a sequence for communication with the at least one other node in a wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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