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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. 07, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 06, 2020
Applicant:

Abl Ip Holding Llc, Conyers, GA (US);

Inventors:

Alan David Sanders, Atlanta, GA (US);

Richard L. Westrick, Jr., Social Circle, GA (US);

Samar Shaker Soliman, Marietta, GA (US);

Assignee:

ABL IP HOLDING LLC, Conyers, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 60/04 (2009.01); H04W 40/22 (2009.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/248 (2013.01); H04W 40/22 (2013.01); H04W 60/04 (2013.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01); H04W 88/16 (2013.01);
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.


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