A method of operating a multi-hop interconnection network

A method of operating a a plurality of network devices through which a connection network is established by self-organizing clusters having multi-hop interconnection network, is set up with the following steps: Step 1: from at least a first defined as a cluster Head network subscriber is sent a Initialisierungsbroadcast; Step 2: particular subscriber, receive this Initialisierungsbroadcast that store therein the cluster head identification and send an acknowledgment message; Step 3: the sending the Initialisierungsbroadcast cluster head stores a predetermined maximum number of network subscriber identifications from the received acknowledgment messages; Step 4: receives a cluster Head the reception-confirmation message from a network operator can not be stored whose identification is not to be saved, or, the cluster head sends a rejection message containing the identification of the network subscriber; Step 5: network nodes that receive such a rejection message with its identification by all within range cluster heads, themselves become a cluster head and method in principle for the further network device in accordance with the above steps, wherein Step 5 continues until all the network nodes are assigned to a cluster Head ; Step 6: selecting each of at least one cluster member in a cluster as a gateway for communication between the cluster head of the cluster and that of an adjacent cluster.