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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 10, 2010
Applicants:

Bozena Erdmann, Eindhoven, NL;

Armand Michel Marie Lelkens, Eindhoven, NL;

Willem Franke Pasveer, Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Bozena Erdmann, Eindhoven, NL;

Armand Michel Marie Lelkens, Eindhoven, NL;

Willem Franke Pasveer, Eindhoven, NL;

Assignee:

SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 40/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/246 (2013.01); H04W 40/12 (2013.01); Y02D 70/122 (2018.01); Y02D 70/144 (2018.01); Y02D 70/162 (2018.01); Y02D 70/34 (2018.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to method for wireless communicating in a network comprising a resource-constrained end device, and a first router device, wherein the method comprises the following steps:—the end device (ZBLD) sending a trigger for proxy search procedure,—the first router (R) device receiving the trigger for proxy search procedure, the first router (R) determining whether it fulfills conditions for acting as a router for the end device, and in case conditions are fulfilled, the first router appointing itself as a proxy router for the end device, for relaying communication between the end device and the rest of the network. The invention also relates to an end device, a router device, and net work therefor.


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