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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2010
Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Charles I. Okwudiafor, Fremont, CA (US);
Sandeep J. Shetty, San Jose, CA (US);
Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Charles I. Okwudiafor, Fremont, CA (US);
Sandeep J. Shetty, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving packets from a group of nodes configured to operate in a mesh network; referencing geographic information associated with the group of nodes; evaluating a subset of the group of nodes within a particular geographic area; determining a global positioning system (GPS) location and a relative location associated with the subset of the group of nodes; determining configuration data for the subset of the group of the nodes; and communicating the configuration data to the subset of the group of nodes.