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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2008
Kurt A. Dykema, Holland, MI (US);
Brent K. Bouws, Holland, MI (US);
Thomas J. Doman, Holland, MI (US);
Lawrence F. Leete, Iii, Spring Lake, MI (US);
William C. Schenck, Zeeland, MI (US);
Warren E. Guthrie, West Olive, MI (US);
Kurt A. Dykema, Holland, MI (US);
Brent K. Bouws, Holland, MI (US);
Thomas J. Doman, Holland, MI (US);
Lawrence F. Leete, III, Spring Lake, MI (US);
William C. Schenck, Zeeland, MI (US);
Warren E. Guthrie, West Olive, MI (US);
Light Corporation, Grand Haven, MI (US);
Abstract
A wireless mesh network where a portion of the nodes have reduced receive sensitivity. The negative effects of the density of the wireless mesh network, such as interference, are reduced when fewer nodes receive messages to rebroadcast. In an alternative embodiment, some of the nodes of the mesh network are configured to not rebroadcast even if they receive a message. A method for configuring a dense mesh network is also provided. As many nodes as possible are discovered and registered in the network. Node characteristics of those nodes are adjusted to reduce or eliminate the negative effects of the dense mesh network so that additional nodes may be discovered and registered.