a multi-star wireless network where standalone nodes (generally low energy, battery powered, sensor nodes) communicate with one or more collection servers that are linked through hardware and software. DARTwireless provides high energy and RF bandwidth usage efficiency for industrial wireless network connectivity. It uniquely achieves this efficiency through its network topology, RF spectral usage, packetization of data, over-the-air data rate, RF power level, interference mitigation techniques, and nominal data throughput directionality. DARTwireless is principally implemented in a firmware module that encompasses the MAC, Network, and Application OSI layers