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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2020
Abl Ip Holding Llc, Conyers, GA (US);
Alan David Sanders, Atlanta, GA (US);
Richard L. Westrick, Jr., Social Circle, GA (US);
Samar Shaker Soliman, Marietta, GA (US);
ABL IP HOLDING LLC, Conyers, GA (US);
Abstract
An example method for a radio frequency (RF) communication system, such as a lighting system, includes receiving, at a non-connected RF node via an extended star wireless network, a gateway heartbeat message that a gateway RF node transmits. The method further includes, in response to receiving the gateway heartbeat message from the gateway RF node, transmitting, via the extended star wireless network, a non-connected registration message to the gateway RF node. The method additionally includes in response to receiving a gateway acknowledgement message from the gateway RF node, configuring the non-connected RF node to act as a respective connected RF node.