Abstract: In WirelessHART networks, mechanisms are already known that ensure a practical composition of a radio network with regard to its structure, whereby for this purpose, so-called health reports are also utilized, which are transmitted by the individual nodes to a central master. It is the task of the invention to improve the efficiency of such networks. Since no conclusions concerning the connection quality in the network can be drawn on the basis of data collected up to now that relate to the status of the node as such, additional parameters of the network that characterize the connection quality are collected within the scope of the invention. These are evaluated by the central master, which derives measures for optimizing the efficiency of the network from them and automatically implements them.