Patent ID: 8660121

Claim:
A wireless network system, comprising: a network device, configured for operation in a first network, comprising: a communication interface for transmitting and receiving data over a wireless medium, and a configuration memory comprising first network configuration data enabling the network device to operate in the first network, the first network configuration data comprising a first short address within the first network, using which another device configured for operation in the first network can address the network device in an intra-network communication mode, a joining device, configured for operation in a second network, comprising a communication interface for transmitting and receiving data over a wireless medium, a configuration memory comprising second network configuration data enabling the joining device to operate in the second network, the second network configuration data comprising a second short address within the second network by means of which another device configured for operation in the second network can address the joining device in an intra-network communication mode, said network device and said joining device being configured for operation in a discovery mode, in which said joining device broadcasts a discovery message in an inter-network communication mode, said network device upon reception of said discovery message enters a commissioning mode, in which the network device provides first network configuration data to said joining device in the inter-network communication mode, the first network configuration data comprising at least a third short address within the first network and said joining device stores said first network configuration data in said configuration memory of the device, so that said joining device is addressable in said first network in the intra-network communication mode, and in addition to being addressable in said second.