Autonomous sharing of data between geographically proximate nodes

A wireless communication method, comprising:

• receiving a first message from an origin node included in a plurality of nodes at a second node included in the plurality of nodes, the first message including:
• data indicative of an event occurrence remote from the first designated recipient node;
• data representative of a hop count;
• data representative of a maximum number of hops;
• and
• data representative of at least one designated recipient node;
• incrementing the hop count by the first designated recipient node;
• determining whether the hop count equals the maximum number of hops by the first designated recipient node;
• responsive to a determination that the hop count is less than the maximum number of hops, generating a second message at the first designated recipient node responsive to receipt of the first message, the second message including:
• data or information indicative of the event occurrence received from the origin node;
• data representative of an incremented hop count;
• data representative of the maximum hop count;
• and
• data representative of the at least one designated recipient node;
• and
• selectively transmitting the second message to at least a second designated recipient node.

A wireless communication system, comprising:

• a means for receiving a first message from a first node included in a plurality of nodes at a second node included in the plurality of nodes, the first message including data indicative of at least one of:
• an occurrence of a defined event or an environmental condition remote from at least the second node;
• a hop count;
• a maximum number of hops;
• at least one first designated recipient;
• a means for incrementing the hop count by the second node;
• a means for determining whether the hop count equals the maximum number of hops by the second node;
• responsive to a determination that the hop count is less than the maximum number of hops:
• a means for generating a second message at the second node responsive to receipt of the first message, the second message including data or information indicative of:
• the occurrence of the defined event or the environmental condition remote from the second node;
• an incremented hop count;
• the maximum hop count;
• and
• at least one first designated recipient;
• and
• a means for selectively transmitting the second message to at least a first designated recipient.

A storage device that includes machine-readable instructions that, when executed by a configurable circuit, transform the configurable circuit to a communications link control circuit that:

• receives a first message from an origin node included in a plurality of nodes at a second node included in the plurality of nodes, the first message including:
• data indicative of an event occurrence remote from the first designated recipient node;
• data representative of a hop count;
• data representative of a maximum number of hops;
• and
• data representative of at least one designated recipient node;
• increments the hop count by the first designated recipient node;
• determines whether the hop count equals the maximum number of hops by the first designated recipient node;
• responsive to a determination that the hop count is less than the maximum number of hops:
• generates a second message at the first designated recipient node responsive to receipt of the first message, the second message including:
• data or information indicative of the event occurrence received from the origin node;
• data representative of an incremented hop count;
• data representative of the maximum hop count;
• and
• data representative of the at least one designated recipient node;
• and
• selectively transmits the second message to at least a second designated recipient node.