US 11,696,211 B2 · Automated system for lighting control

Abstract

In some embodiments, a method includes receiving, at a first wireless device of a plurality of wireless devices, a data packet including an indication of a source of the data packet. In response to the first wireless device being associated with the source of the data packet, whether the first wireless device is a local repeater can be determined based on at least one of a random number or a number of wireless devices of the plurality of wireless devices. In response to the first wireless device being determined to be a local repeater, the first wireless device can be caused to be configured as a local repeater such that the first wireless device sends the data packet to at least one remaining wireless device of the plurality of wireless devices.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

receiving, at a first wireless device of a plurality of wireless devices, a data packet including an indication of a source of the data packet;
in response to the first wireless device being associated with the source of the data packet, determining whether the first wireless device is a local repeater based at least in part on a random number generated by the first wireless device;
in response to the first wireless device being determined to be a local repeater, causing the first wireless device to configure as a local repeater such that the first wireless device sends the data packet to at least one remaining wireless device of the plurality of wireless devices;
and
in response to the first wireless device being determined to not be a local repeater, the first wireless device does not repeat the data packet.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/228,239Filed 12 Apr 2021 · continuation

Priority

7 Oct 2016

Published

US 2021/0410042 A130 Dec 2021

Granted

4 Jul 2023

Term ends

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Classification19 codes

H04W 40/22
Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing: using selective relaying for reaching a BTS [Base Transceiver…
H04W 40/32
Connectivity information management, e.g. connectivity discovery or connectivity update: for defining a routing cluster membership
H04W 52/283
Using user profile, e.g. mobile speed, priority or network state, e.g. standby, idle or non-transmission: power depending on the position of the…
H04W 52/46
TPC being performed in particular situations: in multi-hop networks, e.g. wireless relay networks

Family

Application62/405,681Us provisional application · filed 7 Oct 2016

Application15/729,567Parent of this continuation · filed 10 Oct 2017

US 2021/0410042 A1Pre-grant publication · published 30 Dec 2021

US 10,979,961 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2018/0103411 A1Published application

US 11,696,211 B2This patent

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Automated system for lighting control

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Abstract

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