AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR LIGHTING CONTROL
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a first wireless device of a plurality of wireless devices, a data packet including an indication of a source of the data packet;
in response to the first wireless device being associated with the source of the data packet, determining whether the first wireless device is a local repeater based at least in part on at least one of a random number or a number of wireless devices of the plurality of wireless devices;
in response to the first wireless device being determined to be a local repeater, causing the first wireless device to configure as a local repeater such that the first wireless device sends the data packet to at least one remaining wireless device of the plurality of wireless devices; and
in response to the first wireless device being determined to not be a local repeater, the first wireless device does not repeat the data packet.
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Abstract
In some embodiments, a method includes receiving, at a first wireless device of a plurality of wireless devices, a data packet including an indication of a source of the data packet. In response to the first wireless device being associated with the source of the data packet, whether the first wireless device is a local repeater can be determined based on at least one of a random number or a number of wireless devices of the plurality of wireless devices. In response to the first wireless device being determined to be a local repeater, the first wireless device can be caused to be configured as a local repeater such that the first wireless device sends the data packet to at least one remaining wireless device of the plurality of wireless devices.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, at a first wireless device of a plurality of wireless devices, a data packet including an indication of a source of the data packet; in response to the first wireless device being associated with the source of the data packet, determining whether the first wireless device is a local repeater based at least in part on at least one of a random number or a number of wireless devices of the plurality of wireless devices; in response to the first wireless device being determined to be a local repeater, causing the first wireless device to configure as a local repeater such that the first wireless device sends the data packet to at least one remaining wireless device of the plurality of wireless devices; and in response to the first wireless device being determined to not be a local repeater, the first wireless device does not repeat the data packet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus, comprising:
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a first wireless device having a transceiver and a processor operatively coupled to the transceiver, the transceiver configured to receive a data packet, the processor configured to determine whether to repeat the data packet at least in part in response to the first wireless device being associated with a source of the data packet, the transceiver, at a first time, configured to repeat the data packet in response to a determination to repeat the data packet during operation of the first wireless device, the transceiver, at a second time different from the first time, configured to not repeat the data packet in response to a determination to not repeat the data packet during operation of the first wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system, comprising:
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a network repeater configured to repeat data packets, the network repeater having a first transmission power level associated with a first propagation distance; and a plurality of wireless devices operatively coupled to the network repeater, each wireless device from the plurality of wireless devices being operatively coupled to the remaining wireless devices of the plurality of wireless devices and associated with a light source from a plurality of light sources, each wireless device of the plurality of wireless devices configured to individually determine whether to operate as a local repeater such that at least one wireless device of the plurality of wireless devices operates as a local repeater and at least one remaining wireless device of the plurality of wireless devices operates as an end device and not a local repeater, the local repeater configured to repeat data packets at a second transmission power level associated with a second propagation distance, the second transmission power level being less than the first transmission power level, the second propagation distance being less than the first propagation distance. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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