An important application of mesh networks is in distributed control systems. Distributed intelligence is naturally served by wireless multihop mesh networks. The control of the wireless system is distributed throughout the network, allowing intelligent peers to communicate directly with other points on the network without having to be routed through a central control point. Matching multihop, wireless mesh communications with distributed control facilitates a whole new dimension of interactions between sensors or sensor clusters. Sensors can now communicate directly with other devices on the network.