Method of and devices for inquiring address announce messages in a communication network

A method of inquiring a node device address announce message of a node device in a wireless mesh network of communicatively interconnected node devices, said network comprising a gateway device and a plurality of node devices, said method comprising the steps of:

• broadcasting, by said gateway device in said network an inquiry message, said inquiry message requesting each of said node devices to transmit its node device address announce message;
• receiving, by said gateway device said node device address announce message of a node device;
• transmitting, by said gateway device, an acknowledgement message to said node device addressed in said received node device address announce message, and
• storing, by said gateway device node device address information of said received node device address announce message.

A node device arranged for inquiring a node device address announce message in a wireless mesh network of communicatively interconnected node devices, said network comprising a gateway device and a plurality of node devices, said node device comprising a transceiver and a controller for controlling said transceiver and providing data processing in said node device, wherein said transceiver and controller are arranged for:

• receiving, by said transceiver, of an inquiry message broadcasted by said gateway device in said network, said inquiry message requesting each of said node devices to transmit its node device address announce message;
• transmitting, by said transceiver, after a time delay from receiving said inquiry message, said node device address announce message, and
• receiving, by said transceiver, an acknowledgement message) from said gateway device indicating that said node device address announce message is received at said gateway device;
• wherein said transceiver repeats transmitting of said node device address announce message with a repetition rate, until receiving said acknowledgement message.

A gateway device a arranged for inquiring a node device address announce message from a node device in a wireless mesh network of communicatively interconnected node devices, said network comprising said gateway device and a plurality of node devices, said gateway device comprising a transceiver and a controller for controlling said transceiver and providing data processing in said gateway device, and a data repository, wherein said transceiver and controller are arranged for:

• broadcasting, by said transceiver, in said network, an inquiry message, said inquiry message requesting each of said node devices to transmit its node device address announce message;
• receiving, by said transceiver, said node device address announce message of a node device;
• transmitting, by said transceiver, an acknowledgement message to said node device addressed in said received node device address announce message, and
• storing, by said controller, in said data repository, node device address information of said received node device address announce message.