Sensor provisioning in wireless sensor networks

A gateway, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one hardware processor communicatively coupled with the memory and configured to:
• determine that no neighboring gateway is present;
• in response to determining that no neighboring gateway is present, start a sensor discovery process, wherein the sensor discovery process comprises:
• measuring signal strengths from a plurality of sensors;
• based on the measured signal strengths, pairing at least one sensor from the plurality of sensors with the gateway.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions which, when executed, cause a gateway to perform operations comprising:

• determining that no neighboring gateway is present;
• in response to determining that no neighboring gateway is present, starting, by the gateway, a sensor discovery process, wherein the sensor discovery process comprises:
• measuring signal strengths from a plurality of sensors;
• based on the measured signal strengths, pairing at least one sensor from the plurality of sensors with the gateway.