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

Claim 0:
1. A method for locating a network device in a mesh network, wherein the mesh network is formed by the network device and at least one further network device, the method comprising:
generating a message by the network device;
storing a step value and an initial step value in the message;
initializing the step value with the initial step value;
sending the message to the mesh network;
receiving the message at the at least one further network device; and
determining whether the message is being received for the first time by the at least one further network device;
only if the message is determined to have been received for the first time by the at least one further network device, performing the following steps by the at least one further network device:
adding a delta step value to the step value such that the step value has a changed step value;
determining 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
indicating the distance for locating the network device for a user at the at least one further network device.