Apparatus for internetworked wireless integrated network sensors (wins)

A network comprising:

• a plurality of network elements including at least one node configured to be coupled among an environment,
• wherein the at least one node is further configured to provide node information to the plurality of network elements,
• wherein the plurality of network elements is configured to be self-assembled into a multi-cluster network and to select a start node as a base node, wherein the base node is operable to communicate an assembly packet throughout the network,
• wherein the plurality of network elements is further configured so that information of the assembly packet alternates between directing a node to become a base node of a particular cluster number and directing a node to become a remote node of a particular cluster number, and
• wherein the particular cluster number is incrementally changed when the information of the assembly packet so alternates.