System and method for configuration of wireless networks using position information
First Claim
1. A system comprising a wireless controller that binds one or more devices from a neighborhood group of devices to the controller, the controller having a processor that processes data and formats signals and a transceiver that transmits and receives signals, the controller in a binding procedure transmitting an address inquiry signal to an address (ADDR1) of a first device in the neighborhood, receiving back a response to the address inquiry signal from the first device, determining whether one or more additional responses to the address inquiry signal are received from one or more of the other devices in the neighborhood group, and sending a randomize address signal addressed to ADDR1 if one or more additional responses to the address inquiry signal is received.
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Abstract
A method of binding one or more lamps from a neighborhood group into a control group that are controlled together. First, the addresses of the lamps in the neighborhood group are requested. The first address received from the lamps in response to the address request is considered as an address (represented as ADDR1) of a first lamp in the neighborhood group. The lamps in the neighborhood group are queried as to whether they have address ADDR1 of the first lamp in the neighborhood. A response to the query is received, of course, from the first lamp, which has address ADDR1. In addition, it is determined whether one or more additional responses to the query are received from one or more of the other lamps in the neighborhood group. If additional responses are received, all lamps having address ADDR1 are instructed to randomize their addresses. These steps are repeated starting with the request for the addresses of the lamps in the neighborhood group until it is determined that no additional responses are received to the query regarding which lamps have address ADDR1.
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17 Claims
- 1. A system comprising a wireless controller that binds one or more devices from a neighborhood group of devices to the controller, the controller having a processor that processes data and formats signals and a transceiver that transmits and receives signals, the controller in a binding procedure transmitting an address inquiry signal to an address (ADDR1) of a first device in the neighborhood, receiving back a response to the address inquiry signal from the first device, determining whether one or more additional responses to the address inquiry signal are received from one or more of the other devices in the neighborhood group, and sending a randomize address signal addressed to ADDR1 if one or more additional responses to the address inquiry signal is received.
- 9. A device that may be bound to a wireless controller, the device comprising a processor having an address and a transceiver over which signals are transmitted and received, the processor in a binding procedure programmed to a) transmit a signal comprising the address in response to receipt of an address inquiry signal, b) randomize its address in response to receipt of a randomize address signal, c) transmit a responding signal in response to receipt of an address inquiry signal addressed to the address.
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12. A method of binding one or more devices from a neighborhood group into a control group that are controlled together, each device having an address, the method comprising the steps of
a) requesting the addresses of the devices in the neighborhood group; -
b) considering a first address received from the devices in response to the address request as an address (ADDR1) of a first device in the neighborhood group;
c) querying the devices in the neighborhood group whether they have address ADDR1 of the first device in the neighborhood;
d) receiving a response to the query of step c from the first device;
e) determining whether one or more additional responses to the query of step c are received from one or more of the other devices in the neighborhood group; and
f) instructing all devices having address ADDR1 to randomize their addresses when one or more additional responses to the query of step c is determined to be received in step e. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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