CPC H04W 24/02 (2013.01) [H04L 43/10 (2013.01); H04W 60/00 (2013.01); H04W 88/16 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
17. A method comprising:
tracking a cycle time;
in response to receiving a gateway heartbeat message from a gateway RF node, incrementing a gateway heartbeat counter;
in response to receiving a respective repeater RF node heartbeat message from a respective network RF node of network RF nodes set to a repeater role, incrementing a repeater heartbeat counter;
in response to the cycle time exceeding a cycle time timeout, the gateway heartbeat counter not exceeding a gateway heartbeat threshold, and the repeater heartbeat counter exceeding a repeater heartbeat threshold, selecting a selected network RF node of the RF nodes set to the repeater role;
transmitting, via an extended star wireless network, a registration message to the selected network RF node; and
in response to transmitting the registration message to the selected RF node and having a network RF node role state set to an unconnected role, setting the network RF node role state to a connected role.
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