US 11,871,498 B2
Determining a reachability of an electronic device over multiple wireless communication protocols
Berend Jan Willem Ter Weeme, Eindhoven (NL); and Hugo Jose Krajnc, Eindhoven (NL)
Assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/428,701
Filed by SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Feb. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/053259
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 5, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/165070, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19157113 (EP), filed on Feb. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0117064 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H05B 47/18 (2020.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01); H04L 43/10 (2022.01)
CPC H05B 47/19 (2020.01) [H04L 43/10 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device for determining a reachability of a further electronic device over a wireless connection, said further electronic device being part of a wireless network, said electronic device comprising:
at least one input interface;
at least one output interface; and
at least one processor configured to:
determine, via said at least one input interface, whether said further electronic device is reachable using a first wireless communication protocol,
determine, via said at least one input interface, whether said further electronic device is reachable using a second wireless communication protocol,
provide, via said at least one output interface, an indication of a status of said further electronic device based on said reachability of said further electronic device using said first wireless communication protocol and said reachability of said further electronic device using said second wireless communication protocol, and
transmit, via said at least one output interface, a test message to said further electronic device using said first wireless communication protocol and determine, via said at least one input interface, that said further electronic device is reachable using said first wireless communication protocol upon receipt of a transmission in response to said test message.