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US 2003/0151513 A1Published application
Self-organizing hierarchical wireless network for surveillance and control
OwnerFalk Herrmann, Andreas Hensel +4inventors
InventorsFalk Herrmann, Andreas Hensel, Arati Manjeshwar, Mikael Israelsson, Johannes Karlsson, Jason Hill
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Abstract
A wireless network is described including a cluster network and a sensor/actuator network arranged in a hierarchical manner with the cluster head network. The cluster head network includes at least one cluster head and the sensor/actuator network includes a plurality of sensor/actuator nodes arranged in a plurality of node levels.
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A wireless network, comprising:
- a cluster head network having at least one cluster head;
- and
- a sensor/actuator network arranged in a hierarchical manner with the cluster head network and having a plurality of sensor/actuator nodes arranged in a plurality of node levels and being self-organizing.
A method of wirelessly networking sensor/actuator nodes, comprising:
- initializing a cluster head network;
- initializing a sensor/actuator node network to form an integrated wireless network, the sensor/actuator nodes forming a plurality of node levels;
- and
- operating the integrated wireless network.
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