METHOD OF ESTABLISHING A WIRELESS MULTI-HOP NETWORK

摘要

The invention describes a method of establishing a wireless multi-hop network (NW), in particular a ZigBee-type network, comprising a plurality of devices (0, 1, 2, , 96) of a device arrangement (D), in which method devices (1, 2, 3, , 96) establish a physical wireless connection to at least another device (0, 1, 11, 16, 17, 29, 30, 39, 48, 52, 53, 55, 64, 71, 73, 79, 88) of the network (NW) in a self-organizing process. In the self-organizing process a seeking device, intending to join the network, listens for beacon signals emitted by candidate parent devices already in the network comprising a network identifier and a device identifier of the emitting devices. Then, in a parent selection process, the seeking device selects a parent device from among the candidate parent devices, according to given selectionrules, based on the network identifiers (EPID), acceptance capabilities of the candidate parent devices, and link quality parameter values relating the device and the candidate parent devices. In this parent selection process application-level connection data (L, BI) of the seeking device and/or the candidate parent devices are applied. At least, the seeking device connects physically, and preferably also logically, via the selected parent device (0, 1, 11, 16, 17, 29, 30, 39, 48, 52, 53, 55, 64, 71, 73, 79, 88) to the network (NW). The invention further describes a device comprising a network interface for connecting a wireless multi-hop network (NW) according to this method.