Retransmission control scheme for RDM protocol for lightning control networks

In lighting control networks, remote device management is supported by the Remote Device Management (RDM) protocol. However, the RDM protocol does not provide any mechanism for reliable packet transmission. For reliable transmission, a controller needs to integrate the status information of its lightning devices and perform error recovery for these devices using the data stored in its buffer. We propose a retransmission control scheme that uses two types of ACKs. The proposed scheme significantly reduces ACK implosion at the controller and ultimately provides scalable reliable device management for the lighting control network.