Patent ID: 11881099
Assignee: nan
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 11:
12. A mesh network, comprising:
a network device; and
at least one further network device;
wherein the network device is designed to:
generate a message;
store a step value and an initial step value in the message;
the step value with the initial step value; and
then transmit the message into the mesh network;

wherein the at least one further network device is adapted to:
receive the message; and
determine whether the message is being received for the first time;

wherein the at least one further network device is adapted, only if the message is determined to have been received for the first time, to:
add a delta step value to the step value such that the step value has a changed step value;
determine a distance of the at least one further network device from the network device from the changed step value and the initial step value; and
indicate the distance for locating the network device to a user at the at least one further network device.