Wireless mesh network

A method for configuring a dense wireless mesh network including a plurality of rebroadcasting nodes to reduce negative effects related to density in said dense wireless mesh network, said method comprising:

• discovering a first subset of the plurality of rebroadcasting nodes in the dense wireless mesh network;
• registering the first subset of the plurality of rebroadcasting nodes;
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• adjusting receive sensitivity of at least one of the nodes of the first subset of said plurality of rebroadcasting nodes to reduce negative effects related to density in said dense wireless mesh network, wherein reducing receive sensitivity of at least one of the nodes of the first subset of said plurality of rebroadcasting nodes reduces messages received by said first subset of said plurality of rebroadcasting nodes, wherein reducing messages received by said first subset of said plurality of rebroadcasting nodes reduces the messages rebroadcast by the first subset of said plurality of rebroadcasting nodes;
• wherein said adjusting allows a second subset of said plurality of nodes to be discovered and registered.

A wireless mesh network for controlling lighting configured to reduce negative effects related to density of said wireless mesh network, said wireless mesh network comprising:

• a gateway for transmitting light control messages;
• a plurality of light control nodes, wherein each of said plurality of light control nodes is configured to receive a light control message within a link range and selectively rebroadcast said received light control message;
• wherein said link range of each of said plurality of light control nodes is adjustable based on receive sensitivity, wherein said receive sensitivity of at least a first subset of said plurality of light control nodes is selected to reduce negative effects related to density of said wireless mesh network;
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• wherein said first subset of said plurality of light control nodes are positioned relative to the remaining plurality of light control nodes to decrease negative effects resulting from density of said wireless mesh network.

A wireless mesh network configured to reduce negative effects related to density of said wireless mesh network, said wireless mesh network comprising:

• a plurality of nodes, wherein each of said plurality of nodes is configured to receive a message within a receive range having an adjustable size and selectively rebroadcasts said received message;
• wherein said size of said receive range of each of said plurality of nodes receive range size is selected based on receive sensitivity, wherein said receive sensitivity of at least a first subset of said plurality of nodes is selected such that said adjustable size of said receive range at which a node receives a message is reduced;
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• wherein said first subset of said plurality of nodes are positioned relative to the remaining plurality of nodes to decrease negative effects resulting from density of said wireless mesh network.