Abstract: The invention relates to the field of Zigbee wireless mesh communication networks and in particular to methods, systems and nodes (A,B,C,D) for use is such systems for establishing routes in mesh networks, wherein Zigbee router nodes (A,B,C) comprise a controller and radio transceiver and are arranged to include addresses of Zigbee End Device, ZED, child nodes (D) of the Zigbee router (C), in many-to-one route requests that the Zigbee router (C) transmits and/or include the addresses of the ZED child nodes (D) of the Zigbee router (C) in AODV route replies that the Zigbee router (C) transmits.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of wireless mesh communication networks and in particular to methods, networks and nodes (101) for use in such a wireless mesh network (100) for establishing routes in the wireless mesh network (100) by pro-actively regularly sending many-to-one route requests at randomized intervals by wireless network nodes (101) that can operate as a proxy nodes for a mobile wireless device (104) communicating using a first wireless communication protocol and further nodes (102, 103) in the wireless mesh network (100) communicating using a second wireless communication protocol.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for controlling commissioning of a network device (22) in a multi-hop network, e.g., ZigBee network, (200) of a multi-hop technology, wherein the network device (22) is a combo network device with a single-hop communication unit of a single-hop technology, e.g., Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), for establishing a point-to-point connection and a multi-hop communication unit of the multi-hop technology for communicating with other network devices (20) of the multi-hop network in the multi-hop network (200).

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for controlling commissioning of a network device (22) in a multi-hop network, e.g., ZigBee network, (200) of a multi-hop technology, wherein the network device (22) is a combo network device with a single-hop communication unit of a single-hop technology, e.g., Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), for establishing a point-to-point connection and a multi-hop communication unit of the multi-hop technology for communicating with other network devices (20) of the multi-hop network in the multi-hop network (200).