# US 2014/0192723 A1 · Device and method for controlling a node of a wireless network > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0192723 A1 - Document ID: US20140192723A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/240,150 - Filed: 2012-08-30 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-09-02 - Assignees: Koninklijke Philips N.V. - Inventors: Tim Corneel Wilhelmus Schenk; Daniel Martin Görgen; Javier Espina Perez; Oscar Garcia Morchon; Marc Aoun - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140192723A1 ## CPC - H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks - H05B 47/19: via wireless transmission - H05B 47/195: the transmission using visible or infrared light - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL ## Abstract In order to increase transmission reliability and transmission efficiency in the presence of interference at a transmitting or receiving node of a wireless network a device for controlling the node of the wireless network is provided, wherein the node is associated to at least one load unit. The device comprises a control unit that is adapted to adjust a communication mode of the node based on an operation state of the load unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device for controlling a node of a wireless network, the node being associated to at least one load unit, comprising: a control unit adapted to adjust a communication mode of the node based on an operation state of the load unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) Device of claim 1, wherein the wireless network is a mesh-network, a star-network or a point to point communication between two nodes communicating with each other wirelessly. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) Device of claim 1, wherein the adjustment of the communication mode of the node is performed before and/or during and/or after a change of the operation state of the load unit. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) Device of claim 3, wherein the change of the operation state of the load unit includes at least one of switching on the load unit, switching off the load unit and gradually changing the operation state of the load unit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) Device according to claim 4, wherein the load unit comprises at least a switchable and/or variable load. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) Device of claim 5, wherein the load unit comprises further at least a switchable and/or variable load driver. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) Device according to claim 6, wherein the control unit is adapted to determine the operations state of the load unit by determining a power consumption of the load unit and/or a type of the load unit and/or the operation state of at least one neighboring node in the wireless network, and is further adapted to adjust the communication mode based on the determined power consumption of the load unit and/or said determined operation state of the at least one neighboring node and/or said type of the load unit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) Device according to claim 7, wherein the adjustment of the communication mode of the node includes at least one of resetting and/or updating of at least one routing table stored in the node, increasing and/or decreasing a beaconing frequency of the node for a predetermined time and/or increasing or decreasing a transmit power of the node for transmitting messages. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) Device of claim 8, wherein different routing tables are activated within the node depending on the operation state of the load unit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) Device according to claim 9, wherein after the change of the operation state of the load unit a different communication mode of the node is activated for a predetermined time. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) Device according to claim 10, which is operatively coupled to or integrated in the node. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) Device according to claim 11, wherein the device is used in a lighting control system, wherein the load unit comprises a light source or a light source and a light source driver for controlling the light source. ### Claim 13 Method for controlling a node of a wireless network, the node being associated to at least one load unit, comprising the steps of: determining an operation state of the load unit; and adjusting a communication mode of the node for communication with other nodes of the wireless network based on the determined operation state of the load unit. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) System for controlling a node of a wireless network, comprising: a plurality of nodes, at least one of them being associated to a load unit and at least one of them being coupled to a device according to claim 12, wherein messages are transmitted between the nodes via the wireless network. ### Claim 15 System for controlling a node of a wireless network, comprising: a plurality of nodes, at least one of them being associated to a load unit; a central controlling device communicating with at least one of the nodes via the wireless network, wherein the central controlling device is adapted to adjust a communication mode of at least one node based on an operation state of the load unit associated to the node.