DELEGATED CHANNEL SWITCHING FOR MESH-TYPE NETWORKS

• Main Authors: FENG, Lei, GOERGEN, Daniel, Martin, BERKVENS, Winfried, Antonius, Henricus, VERSCHOOR, Michael, Petrus, Franciscus, SCHENK, Tim, Corneel, Wilhelmus, CHATTERJEA, Supriyo
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 20.02.2019
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

The disclosure describes is a channel switching strategy and corresponding protocol for a mesh network which comprises a segment controller (SC) and a large number of outdoor luminaire controllers (OLCs) or other network nodes. A channel switching process is initiated and managed by the SC which tra...