Systems and methods for optimizing the distribution of point-to-point and broadcast messages in a layered mesh network

A system comprising:

• a collector node in a mesh network;
• a preferred node in a first layer of the mesh network, wherein the preferred node is configured to facilitate communication to the collector node;
• and
• a second-layer node in a second layer of the mesh network, wherein the second-layer node is configured to identify a point-to-point frequency for sending a point-to-point message to the preferred node and to identify a broadcast frequency of the preferred node for receiving a broadcast message from the preferred node, wherein the second-layer node is further configured to identify a receive frequency for receiving a point-to-point message from a third-layer node in a third layer, and wherein the second-layer node is further configured to simultaneously listen to both the broadcast frequency of the preferred node and the receive frequency, wherein the broadcast frequency is different from the receive frequency, wherein the second-layer node is further configured to receive the broadcast message on the broadcast frequency and to send the broadcast message using a second broadcast frequency, wherein the second broadcast frequency is associated with the second-layer node.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer executable instructions for:

• identifying, at a node in a mesh network, a point-to-point frequency for sending a point-to-point message to a preferred node, wherein the preferred node is an upper layer node;
• identifying, at the node, a broadcast frequency of the preferred node, wherein the broadcast frequency is distinct from the point-to-point frequency;
• identifying, at the node, a receive frequency for receiving a point-to-point message from a lower layer node;
• identifying, at the node, a second broadcast frequency for broadcasting messages from the node;
• simultaneously listening, at the node, to both the broadcast frequency and the receive frequency, wherein the broadcast frequency is different from the receive frequency;
• receiving a broadcast message at the node on the broadcast frequency;
• and
• sending, at the node, the broadcast message using the second broadcast frequency.