Silicon Laboratories Inc. (20240414561). SELF-CONFIGURATION OF MULTI-PROTOCOL NODES IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK
SELF-CONFIGURATION OF MULTI-PROTOCOL NODES IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK
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Hasan Ali Stationwala of Hyderabad (IN)
SELF-CONFIGURATION OF MULTI-PROTOCOL NODES IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240414561 titled 'SELF-CONFIGURATION OF MULTI-PROTOCOL NODES IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK
Original Abstract Submitted
a technique for configuring multi-protocol nodes for iot applications initially configures the multi-protocol nodes in a pan network (e.g., a ble mesh network). in response to a trigger, the multi-protocol nodes self-configure into a heterogeneous network accessible by a smart device. each multi-protocol node enables lan communications and searches for a lan networking device for a predetermined interval. nodes directly reachable by a lan networking device reconfigure themselves to serve as a proxy to nodes that are out of range of the lan networking device. the multi-protocol nodes publish their lan connectivity status to neighboring nodes. after each of the multi-protocol nodes have received the connectivity status of corresponding neighboring nodes, the nodes determine their role in a heterogeneous network, e.g., a pure wi-fi node, a wi-fi-to-ble mesh bridge connectivity node, or a pure ble mesh node, and self-configure in a corresponding connectivity mode.