Stmicroelectronics S.r.l.

Matteo Varesio

Paolo Treffiletti

Alessandro Lasciandare

An embodiment is a method including receiving, by a first device via a mesh communication network, a first broadcast message over a first communication channel, the first broadcast message having a first hop count, receiving, by the first device via the mesh communication network, a second broadcast message over the first communication channel, and determining, by the first device, whether the second broadcast message is a consistent broadcast message as the first broadcast message, the determining including determining, by the first device, whether the first broadcast message has a same originator address as the second broadcast message, and determining, by the first device, whether the second hop count is larger than the first hop count.

Apparatus and methods for mesh communication networks with broadcast messages

A communication network comprises a plurality of electronic devices coupled via a plurality of communication links. The communication links comprise links over a first physical medium and links over a second physical medium. A method of operating the network comprises issuing, at an originator device, a path request message directed towards a destination device, transmitting the path request message from the originator device to the destination device through a first set of intermediate devices via a forward sequence of links, issuing, at the destination device, a path reply message directed towards the originator device, and transmitting the path reply message from the destination device to the originator device through a second set of intermediate devices via a reverse sequence of links.

Method of operating a communication network, corresponding communication network and devices

An embodiment method implemented by an agent device comprises receiving, by the agent device, from a device, a bootstrap request message over a first communication channel; transmitting, by the agent device, to a coordinating device, a request message comprising the bootstrap request message and a first channel type indicator indicating a channel type of the first communication channel; receiving, by the agent device, from the coordinating device, a response message comprising a bootstrap response message and a second channel type indicator indicating the channel type of the first communication channel; and transmitting, by the agent device, to a device, the bootstrap response message over a second communication channel in accordance with the second channel type indicator.

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Castellamonte, Italy

Matteo Varesio