COMMUNICATING DATA IN A MESH NETWORK

摘要

Establishing a mesh network. A gateway in the mesh network may broadcast a wireless message to neighboring nodes of the gateway in the mesh network. The neighboring nodes may store first hop count information based on the wireless message received from the gateway. The neighboring nodes may each broadcast the wireless message to other neighboring nodes in the wireless mesh network. The other neighboring nodes may store second hop count information based on the received messages from the respective neighboring nodes. The second hop count information may indicate a greater hop count than the first hop count information. The first hop count information and the second hop count information may be used to establish routes from nodes to gateways in subsequent communications in the mesh network.