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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2014
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Bozena Erdmann, Aachen, DE;
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for operating a node in a network comprising a resource restricted device, the method comprising the steps of (a) placing an ACK message in a buffer of the node, if said buffer does not contain a buffered message to be transmitted to the resource restricted device; (b) after step (a), detecting a received message transmitted by the resource restricted device; (c) transmitting the ACK message or the buffered message to the resource restricted device after detection of the received message; the method further comprising repeating steps (a) to (c) after the ACK message or the buffered message has been transmitted, so that the buffer always contains a message ready to be sent.