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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2018
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Robin Michielsen, Eindhoven, NL;
Leendert Teunis Rozendaal, Eindhoven, NL;
Bas Driesen, Eindhoven, NL;
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
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.