Network comprising a plurality of devices and root device and method for assigning a network address

摘要

The present invention relates to a network (10) comprising one or more devices (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), each device (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) having an address, said address comprising a device address (1.1, 2.2, 3.3, 4.4, 5.5) being unique for each device (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) within said network (10) and a network address (A) being common to all devices (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) within said network (14). The present invention further relates to a root device (1) and a method for assigning the network address (A) to the devices (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).