Signify Holding B.v.

Robin Michielsen

Bas Driesen

Leendert Teunis Rozendaal

Bozena Erdmann

Gerhardus Engbertus Mekenkamp

The invention relates to the field of wireless mesh communication networks and in particular to methods, networks and nodes () for use in such a wireless mesh network () for establishing routes in the wireless mesh network () by pro-actively regularly sending many-to-one route requests at randomized intervals by wireless network nodes () that can operate as a proxy nodes for a mobile wireless device () communicating using a first wireless communication protocol and further nodes () in the wireless mesh network () communicating using a second wireless communication protocol.

Route discovery in networks with combo nodes

The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for controlling commissioning of a network device () in a multi-hop network, e.g., ZigBee network, () of a multi-hop technology, wherein the network device () is a combo network device with a single-hop communication unit of a single-hop technology, e.g., Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), for establishing a point-to-point connection and a multi-hop communication unit of the multi-hop technology for communicating with other network devices () of the multi-hop network in the multi-hop network (). The single-hop connection of the network device () for commissioning allows seamless transfer from controlling the network device () via the single-hop network to controlling the network device () via the multi-hop network via a bridge device (), without running the risk of unnecessarily looking for open networks, having to look up and enter an access key or bringing the network device () close to the bridge device (), and whilst maintaining a secure setup.

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Robin Michielsen