Method for transferring data from terminal devices located in a property (2) to a central computing facility (5), - wherein the data are transmitted from the terminal device (2) with a primary
communication device for sending data by means of primary radio communication (6) to at least one
data collector (3, 4) located on the premises with a primary
communication device for receiving the data sent by the terminal devices and a secondary
communication device for communicating with other data collectors (3, 4), - the
data collector (3, 4) forwards the data of the terminal device (2) directly or indirectly via further data collectors (3, 4) to a
data collector (4) which has an additional
tertiary communication device for
tertiary radio communication (7) with the central computing device (5) via a mobile network, and - this data collector (4) sends the data of the terminal device (2) directly to the central computing device (5) via
tertiary radio communication (7), wherein the data collectors (3, 4) form a network with a
tree structure topology, characterized in that each data collector (3, 4) has only one single superior dedicated communication partner and the data collectors (3, 4) independently determine with which other data collectors (3, 4) they communicate as a superior dedicated communication partner, wherein the data collector (4) performs connection optimization with the tertiary communication device and decides, based on an evaluation criterion, not to communicate with the central computing device (5) itself via the tertiary communication device, but to designate another data collector (3, 4) as its superior dedicated communication partner, and that at least two data collectors (4) have a tertiary communication device and the data collectors (3, 4) form a network with at least two subnets (11), wherein at least one data collector (4) with a tertiary communication device is arranged in each subnet (11) and the roots of the subnets (11) are formed by the data collector (4) with the tertiary communication device, wherein the data collectors (3, 4) maintain a connection
list with data collectors (3,4) in their own subnet (11) and in a foreign subnet (11) as possible communication partners.