Intel Corporation

Stephen Ades

Philip T Hughes

Malcolm C Taylor

Methods are disclosed for forming a network () of nodes (A-H) from a plurality of nodes (A-H) and a plurality of potential transmission links () between respective nodes (A-H). Methods are also disclosed for adapting an initial mesh communications network configuration to a final mesh communications network communications configuration. Methods are also disclosed such that at least some of the changes to the initial mesh communications network configuration that are required as part of the adaptation to the final mesh communications network configuration form a group of changes such that all of the changes within the group can occur substantially simultaneously. Various other methods useful in or to a mesh communications network () are also disclosed herein.

Communications meshes

A method is disclosed for assigning timeslot numbers to timeslots used for transmission and reception of signals between nodes in a network () of nodes (A&#x2013;H). Each node (A&#x2013;H) is able to communicate with at least one other node (A&#x2013;H) by a transmission link () between said each node (A&#x2013;H) and said at least one other node (A&#x2013;H). At least some of the nodes (A&#x2013;H) have a respective transmission link () to each of plural other nodes (A&#x2013;H). Each transmission of a signal over a link () from a first node (A&#x2013;H) to a second node (A&#x2013;H) takes place during a timeslot. The method includes the steps of assigning timeslot numbers to each timeslot in sequence in ascending order of the number of available choices of timeslot number at each timeslot.

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