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Commissioning load devices via challenge-response-timing

  • US 10,284,927 B2
  • Filed: 09/23/2016
  • Issued: 05/07/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A commission device configured to commission load devices, which commission device comprisesa first transmitter configured to transmit an activation signal to a load device for activating this load device,a second transmitter configured to transmit a number of challenge signals to the activated load device, which activated load device is configured to respond to the number of challenge signals by sending back a response signal per challenge signal to the commission device,a first receiver configured to receive the response signals from the activated load device, anda controller configured to determine time-intervals present between transmissions of the challenge signals and receptions of the response signals, which controller is further configured to derive a position of the load device from an analysis of the time-intervals.

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