Timely organized ad hoc network and protocol for timely organized ad hoc network

A network arrangement, comprising:

• a plurality of networks, each network comprising:
• at least one access point;
• and
• a plurality of network nodes soft affiliated with the network and arranged in a self-assigned hierarchy and operable to transmit and receive at least one node information message destined for the at least one access point;
• wherein at least one of the plurality of network nodes transmits the at least one node information message to a first selected one of at least one neighboring destination, the first selected neighboring destination being selected in accordance with a dynamic self-routing protocol, the first selected neighboring destination including one of:
• i) the at least one access point, and
• ii) a first neighboring network node in a different level of the self-assigned hierarchy of network nodes, if the at least one network node is prevented from directly transmitting the node information message to the at least one access point;
• wherein each of the network nodes of each network is operable to affiliate itself with another one of the networks if at least one condition is met.

A network arrangement, comprising:

• a plurality of networks, each network comprising:
• at least one access point;
• and
• a plurality of network nodes hard-affiliated with the network and arranged in a self-assigned hierarchy and operable to transmit and receive at least one node information message destined for the at least one access point;
• wherein at least one of the plurality of network nodes transmits the at least one node information message to a first selected one of at least one neighboring destination, the first selected neighboring destination being selected in accordance with a dynamic self-routing protocol, the first selected neighboring destination including one of:
• i) the at least one access point, and
• ii) a first neighboring network node in a different level of the self-assigned hierarchy of network nodes, if the at least one network node is prevented from directly transmitting the node information message to the at least one access point.

A network, comprising:

• a plurality of devices, including:
• at least one access point;
• and
• a plurality of network nodes arranged in a self-assigned hierarchy the plurality of network nodes and the at least one access point being operable to transmit and receive at least one data packet, each of the at least one data packet being destined for a respective ultimate destination;
• wherein at least one of the network nodes and the at least one access point transmits the at least one data packet to a neighboring destination selected in accordance with a dynamic self-routing protocol, the neighboring destination including one of:
• i) the ultimate destination, and
• ii) a first network node in a next level of the self-assigned hierarchy of network nodes, if the at least one network node is prevented from directly transmitting the at least one data packet to the ultimate destination;
• wherein at least one of the devices is operable to initiate different types of communication modes.