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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2013
Philips Lighting Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Bozena Erdmann, Aachen, DE;
Koen Johanna Guillaume Holtman, Eindhoven, NL;
Armand Michel Marie Lelkens, Heerlen, NL;
Esko Olavi Dijk, Utrecht, NL;
Ludovicus Marinus Gerardus Maria Tolhuizen, Waalre, NL;
Bas Willibrord De Wit, Dordrecht, NL;
PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a proxy node comprising means for managing a proxy table, a receiver for receiving a message from a first resource restricted device, said message being intended to at least one corresponding destination device, control means for checking whether an entry for the first resource restricted device is included in the set of entries of the proxy table, the set of entries of the proxy table indicating the set of resource-restricted devices the proxy node is in charge of, a transmitter for forwarding the message depending on the result of the proxy table checking, the means for managing the proxy table being arranged for cleaning the proxy table of the entry relative to the resource-restricted device by monitoring the relative usage of the proxy node for forwarding messages for the resource restricted device with the usage of competitor proxy nodes for forwarding messages for the resource restricted device.