Intelligent sequencing of multiple wireless nodes for transfer between wireless mesh networks in a process control system

A method of sequencing a logical transfer of multiple wireless nodes between multiple wireless mesh networks, each wireless mesh network comprising a gateway and a plurality of wireless nodes organized in a mesh topology in communication with the gateway, the method comprising:

• iteratively evaluating each wireless node in a first set of wireless nodes to be transferred beginning with the first wireless node in the first set, each evaluation comprising:
• a first predictive analysis of a source wireless mesh network from which the wireless node is transferred, the first predictive analysis of the source wireless mesh network adapted to test communications between the gateway of the source wireless mesh network without the wireless node under evaluation and each of the remaining wireless nodes within the source wireless mesh network, and identify ones of the remaining wireless nodes that are unable to communicate with the gateway of the source wireless mesh network, and
• appending a second set of wireless nodes to be transferred between wireless mesh networks with the wireless node under evaluation in response to the first predictive analysis of the source mesh network, the wireless nodes to be transferred being structured in the second set in order of priority of transfer.

A method of sequencing a logical transfer of multiple wireless nodes between multiple wireless mesh networks, each wireless mesh network comprising a gateway and a plurality of wireless nodes organized in a mesh topology in communication with the gateway, the method comprising:

• iteratively evaluating each wireless node in a first set of wireless nodes to be transferred beginning with the first wireless node in the first set, each evaluation comprising:
• a predictive analysis of the wireless node under evaluation in a destination wireless mesh network to which the wireless node under evaluation is transferred, the predictive analysis of the wireless node under evaluation adapted to test communications between the gateway of the destination wireless mesh network and the wireless node under evaluation, and without wireless nodes to be transferred out of the destination wireless mesh network, and
• appending a second set of wireless nodes to be transferred between wireless mesh networks with the wireless node under evaluation in response to the first predictive analysis of the source mesh network, and the predictive analysis of the wireless node under evaluation, the wireless nodes to be transferred being structured in the second set in order of priority of transfer.