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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2020
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Lei Feng, Shanghai, CN;
Changjie Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Jaya Karthik, Bangalore, IN;
Ronny Andreas Antonius Maria Jacobs, Reading, MA (US);
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method () of and an arrangement for communicating, by a server, with a target node device in a network of operatively interconnected node devices, wherein each node device of the network comprises a first communication interface for direct wireless communication with the server, and a second communication interface for inter-node device communication. The server determines () a current communication status of a target node device based on a last received uplink message of the target node device, prior to initiating message exchange with the target node device. The server then may communicate directly () with the target node device via the first communication interface, or via at least one other or delegate node device of the network selected by the server ().