A multi-node communication network may include a clusterhead node including a communication interface and a controller. In embodiments, the controller may be configured to: transmit a PLI request packet in a first iteration to a group of secondary communication nodes; receive a PLI report packet from a first sub-set of secondary communication nodes throughout a first time interval (Δt1); re-transmit the PLI request packet in an (N−1)th iteration to the group of secondary communication nodes; receive a PLI report packet from a second sub-set of secondary communication nodes of the group of secondary communication nodes throughout an (N−1)th time interval (ΔtN-1); re-transmit the PLI request packet in an Nth iteration to the group of secondary communication nodes; determine that no PLI report packets have been received from a new secondary communication node within an Nth time interval (ΔtN); and transmit a PLI publish packet to a control communication node.