Method and apparatus for controlling a home wireless system
US10462685B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 8, 2013 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 8, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/20
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and a system of controlling a home wireless system wherein the home wireless system comprises a plurality of peripheral wireless nodes (14; 16; 19; 21; 23) and a first gateway (12) having wireless communication means for communicating with. The method includes installing at least one second gateway (12′; 32) in the home wireless system, broadcasting an identification message from a peripheral wireless node (14; 16; 19; 21; 23) searching for a controlling gateway in a link establishment process, and receiving in each of the first gateway (12) and the at least one second gateway (12′) the identification message. Further steps are determining a delay in each of the gateways, sending after the delay from the gateway a request message, and completing the link establishment process by responding in the peripheral wireless node (14; 16; 19; 21; 23) to the request message received from the gateway responding after the shortest delay, the peripheral wireless node (14; 16; 19; 21; 23) then being bound to the gateway responding after the shortest delay. Each gateway of the system comprises wireless communication means (40) for communicating with wireless peripheral nodes and a centra…
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