Patent ID: 8190096

Claim:
A method to select devices ( 12 , 14 , 16 ) of a wireless network, particularly a network of wireless lighting devices, comprising the following steps: sending out a broadcast message ( 18 ) at a first output power by a wireless remote device ( 10 ), wherein the broadcast message contains a first threshold value for a predetermined communication link quality (S 10 ), receiving the broadcast message ( 18 ) by each of a plurality of devices ( 12 , 14 , 16 ) of the wireless network (S 12 ), determining the communication link quality of the received broadcast message in each receiving device (S 14 ), comparing the threshold value contained in the broadcast message with the determined communication link quality in each receiving device (S 18 ), transmitting an unicast message ( 20 , 22 ) containing the determined communication link quality and a device identifier to the remote control device ( 10 ) by a receiving device ( 14 , 16 ) if the communication link quality determined by a device is larger than the threshold value (S 18 , S 20 ), and selecting the one of the devices with the largest value of determined communication link quality (S 22 , S 24 , S 26 , S 28 , S 30 , S 32 , S 34 ).