Communication management between mesh-networked mobile nodes

A listening node communicably coupled to one or more nodes through a mesh network, the listening node configured to:

• receive an event message from a sending node, the sending node connected to the mesh network, the event message indicating an event detected by the sending node or another node of the mesh network, the event message including at least a list of nodes that have previously received the event message;
• record the event of the event message in an event database;
• update the list of the event message to include an identifier of the listening node to indicate the listening node received the event message;
• identify a set of nodes that are directly connected to the listening node and that are not included in the list of nodes that have previously received the event message;
• and
• forward the event message to the identified set of nodes that are directly connected to the listening node and that are not included in the list of nodes that have previously received the event message, the forwarded event message including the updated list with the identifier of the listening node.

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a listening node, an event message from a sending node, the listening node and sending node connected to a mesh network of nodes, the event message indicating an event detected by the sending node or another node of the mesh network, the event message including at least a list of nodes that have previously received the event message;
• recording, by the listening node, the event of the event message in an event database of the listening node;
• updating, by the listening node, the list of the event message to include an identifier of the listening node to indicate the listening node received the event message;
• identifying, by the listening node, a set of nodes of the mesh network that are directly connected to the listening node and that are not included in the list of nodes that have previously received the event message;
• and
• forwarding, by the listening node, the event message to the identified set of nodes that are directly connected to the listening node and that are not included in the list of nodes that have previously received the event message, the forwarded event message including the updated list with the identifier of the listening node.