Heuristic optimization of performance of a radio frequency nodal network

A method comprising:

• transmitting, by a gateway, through a RF nodal network of nodes, control packets that set a parameter of each node in the RF nodal network to an initial parameter setting, wherein:
• the initial parameter setting configures each of the nodes to perform at a level intended to enable the RF nodal network to meet a target network performance metric,
• the gateway is coupled to the RF nodal network, and
• each node in the RF nodal network includes a RF device;
• transmitting, from selected nodes of the RF nodal network, a number of test packets for each of a plurality of tests, wherein the number of test packets transmitted by the selected nodes of the RF nodal network is greater than throughput saturation of the RF nodal network,
• receiving, by the gateway, test packets for each of the plurality of tests;
• forwarding, by the gateway, the received test packets for each of the plurality of tests to a server for network performance analysis;
• in response to forwarding the received test packets for each of a plurality of tests, receiving at the gateway updated parameter settings from the server, wherein the updated parameter settings to optimize performance of the nodes of the RF nodal network to attain the target network performance metric;
• and
• transmitting, by the gateway, the updated parameter settings to the nodes of the RF nodal network.

A method comprising:

• generating, by a server, control packets to be transmitted via a gateway to a RF nodal network of the nodes, wherein each of the control packets set a parameter of each node in the RF nodal network to an initial parameter setting, wherein:
• the initial parameter setting configures each of the nodes to perform at a level intended to enable the RF nodal network to meet a target network performance metric,
• the server is coupled to the gateway, and
• each node in the RF nodal network is an RF device;
• generating, by the server, a number of test packets for each of a plurality of tests to be transmitted via the gateway to the network of the nodes, wherein the number of test packets transmitted is greater than throughput saturation of the RF nodal network and each of the test packets for each of the plurality of tests set each node in the RF nodal network to a parameter setting different from the initial parameter setting;
• receiving, by the server, via the gateway, test packets for each of the plurality of tests;
• generating, by the server, a plurality of network performance metrics based on analyzing of the received test packets for each of the plurality of tests;
• and
• determining that a network performance metric among the plurality of network performance metrics as the target network performance metric;