Network comprising an interconnecting network and several network nodes that are coupled to said interconnecting network

The invention relates to a network comprising a connection network and a plurality of network nodes coupled to the connection network, each of which is provided prior to integration as an active network node for adapting its local communication schedule to the communication schedules of at least one other network node. A network node to be included checks the activity of other network nodes and, if no activity is detected as a reference network node, transmits in its communication schedule predetermined position messages for other network nodes. If a network node can not be integrated as a reference network node, it can only be integrated as an active network node.