A PERSONAL DEVICE, A MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SELF-ORGANIZING A NETWORK OF NODES BY ASSIGNING DIFFERENT ROLES TO THE NODES

摘要

The present invention relates to methods, a monitoring system, a self-organizing network of nodes and a plurality of portable personal devices. According to the invention, the assignment of roles for the network nodes is associated with a specific individual personal device and is done on two levels, control level and connect level. The role assigned to a network node may be dynamically changed based on data obtained by the personal devices and/or the node network.