Patent ID: 11888940
Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A lighting control system comprising:
the central controller according to claim 1, and
the plurality of communication nodes and the plurality of network controllers (NC), each communication node of the plurality of communication nodes comprising an NC of the plurality of NCs, wherein each NC of the plurality of NCs is configured for:
remote communication with the central controller, and
near field communication with other NCs of the plurality of NCs,

wherein each NC of the plurality of NCs further is configured to:
receive ID information and position information from neighboring NCs of the plurality of NCs by near field communication,
based on the received ID information and position information, keep a list of communicable neighboring NCs,
provide the list of communicable neighboring NCs to the central controller by remote communication, and
provide ID information and position information relating to the NC itself to the central controller by remote communication.