| CPC G06K 19/07773 (2013.01) [B32B 37/06 (2013.01); B32B 37/12 (2013.01); C09J 7/38 (2018.01); G06K 19/06037 (2013.01); G06K 19/0702 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); B32B 2457/00 (2013.01); C09J 2203/326 (2013.01); C09J 2301/124 (2020.08); C09J 2301/302 (2020.08); C09J 2301/40 (2020.08); C09J 2463/00 (2013.01); H04W 4/027 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method, comprising:
providing a first tape node of a hierarchical communications network including a first type of wireless communication system having a first range;
providing a second tape node of the hierarchical communications network including the first type of wireless communication system and a second type of wireless communication system having a second range longer than the first range, wherein the second tape node is designated as a master node and the first tape node is designated as a slave node to the second tape node in the hierarchical communications network;
monitoring a battery level of the second tape node; and
changing, based on the monitored battery level, the master node designation of the second tape node.
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