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AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsObaid Mirza, Satinder Singh Randhawa, Sarvesh Kumar Varatharajan, Venkateswara Rao Manepalli, Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Someet K. Lal
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Embodiments described herein relate to techniques for monitoring accessory devices on a wireless mesh network, such as a Thread network. An electronic device may employ a network module, an application module, and a service registration module to communicate with the accessory devices in an environment. The network module may include a network reachability monitor that scans for the accessory devices periodically and receives accessory device data associated with each of the accessory devices that are reachable or responsive and store the accessory device data in a list. The network reachability monitor stores the list in an address cache. Further, the network reachability monitor receives a request for an Internet Protocol (IP) address of an accessory device, retrieves the IP address from the list, and transmits the IP address to the application module or the service registration module to enable communication with the accessory device.
One or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by processing circuitry, are configured to cause the processing circuitry to:
An electronic device comprising:
A method to be performed by processing circuitry comprising:
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