PROTOCOL FOR CONFIGURING A WIRELESS NETWORK
A target device joins a wireless network by attempting to locate an existing routing device in a predefined neighborhood of the wireless network, designating the existing routing device as a master routing device if the existing routing device is located in the predefined neighborhood, where the master routing device is a primary recipient of data from the target device, and attempting to locate endpoint devices in the predefined neighborhood if the existing routing device is not located in the predefined neighborhood.
1 . A method, performed by a target device, to join a wireless network, the method comprising:
attempting to locate an existing routing device in a predefined neighborhood of the wireless network;
designating the existing routing device as a master routing device if the existing routing device is located in the predefined neighborhood, the master routing device being a primary recipient of data from the target device; and
attempting to locate endpoint devices in the predefined neighborhood if the existing routing device is not located in the predefined neighborhood.
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