Apparatus for internetworked wireless integrated network sensors (WINS)

A method comprising:

• selecting a start node as a base node;
• broadcasting an assembly packet by the base node, wherein the assembly packet comprises information including an indication of a particular cluster number and an instruction to become a base node or a remote node;
• receiving the assembly packet at an unconfigured node;
• joining, by the unconfigured node, a cluster based on the particular cluster number indicated by the assembly packet;
• in response to joining the cluster, becoming a base node in response to the information of the assembly packet comprising an instruction for the unconfigured node to become a base node, or becoming a remote node in response to the information of the assembly packet comprising an instruction for the unconfigured node to become a remote node;
• modifying, by the unconfigured node, the information of the assembly packet, wherein the modifying includes:
• incrementing the particular cluster number, and
• directing at least one next node to become a base node in response to the information of the assembly packet comprising an instruction for the unconfigured node to become a remote node, or directing at least one next node to become a remote node in response to the information of the assembly packet comprising an instruction for the unconfigured node to become a base node;
• and
• broadcasting a second assembly packet from the unconfigured node to the at least one next node, wherein information of the second assembly packet is the modified information of the assembly packet,
• wherein each of the nodes are further configured to ignore received assembly packets when the node has previously seen an assembly packet.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising:

• instructions to select a start node as a base node;
• instructions to broadcast, by the base node, an assembly packet, wherein the assembly packet comprises information including an indication of a particular cluster number and an instruction to become a base node or a remote node;
• instructions to receive the assembly packet at an unconfigured node;
• instructions to join a cluster based on the particular cluster number indicated by the assembly packet;
• instructions to become a base node in response to the information of the assembly packet comprising an instruction to become a base node, or become a remote node in response to the information of the assembly packet comprising an instruction to become a remote node;
• instructions to modify, by the unconfigured node, the information of the assembly packet, wherein the modifying includes:
• incrementing the particular cluster number, and
• directing at least one next node to become a base node in response to the information of the assembly packet comprising an instruction for the unconfigured node to become a remote node, or directing at least one next node to become a remote node in response to the information of the assembly packet comprising an instruction for the unconfigured node to become a base node;
• instructions to broadcast a second assembly packet to the at least one next node, wherein information of the second assembly packet is the modified information of the assembly packet;
• and
• instructions to ignore received assembly packets when the node has previously seen an assembly packet.