Home network of connected consumer devices

Abstract

A method of associating a function to a room within a home, includes forming a mesh network in the structure with a plurality of nodes, each node having a communication module, segmenting the nodes into rooms based upon the time of flight, obtaining an identity for at least one node in a room; and using the identity to assign a purpose to the room.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A wireless network in a home, comprising:
 a plurality of nodes, each of the plurality of nodes being associated with a room; and   a database containing:   
       information about each of the plurality of nodes;
 information about the rooms located in the home; and 
 information about the purpose of the rooms located in the home. 
 
     
     
         2 . The wireless network of  claim 1 , wherein the database resides on a node in the wireless ad hoc network or external to the ad hoc wireless network.