METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING PROGRAM CODE TO INTELLIGENT NODES IN A WIRELESS MESH DATA COMMUNICATION NETWORK

摘要

A large data file is distributed to a number of nodes (O - Z) in a data communication network by a process of distributed downloading. Destination nodes are informed of the location in the network of the large data file and are directed to receive the large data file by requesting that blocks (S2) of data containing the file be transmitted to them from the designated source node. The destination nodes control the file transfer. The large data file may contain program code for updating network software.