Operating method of a communication node in a wireless communication network, associated communication node, communication system and storage system

An operating method of a communication node in a wireless communication network, wherein the communication node communicates with a central communication unit via at least one access point, the operating method comprising:

• receiving, at the communication node, a wireless signal from the at least one access point;
• determining, by the communication node, channel quality information based on the received wireless signal;
• determining, by the communication node, an order of active channels ranked according to the determined channel quality;
• selecting, by the communication node, an active channel for transmitting wireless signals in accordance with the determined order,
• transmitting, by the communication node, wireless signals on the selected active channel, and
• sending, by the central communication unit, a message to the communication node only through an access point which last received the transmitted wireless signals from the communication node without routing algorithms, when there are at least two access points within the range of the communication node;
• wherein an association varies between the communication node and the at least one access point as the communication node crosses boundaries of the at least one access point,
• wherein the method further comprises locking, by the communication node, on beacon timing information provided by beacon data received from the at least one access point, and wherein the communication node continuously iterates through all channels according to a timeslot pattern.