Method for radio transmission in an alarm signaling system
First Claim
1. A method for radio transmission of messages in an alarm signaling system with a central station and a plurality of bidirectional and unidirectional subscribers, in which the central station and the bidirectional subscribers each feature a send and receive unit while the unidirectional subscribers merely possess a send unit and whereby the unidirectional subscribers located outside the radio coverage area of the destination of a message of the unidirectional subscriber, which as a rule is the central station, attempt to send messages via one of the bidirectional subscribers to the destination, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a message sent by a unidirectional subscriber by all bidirectional subscribers within its radio coverage area, waiting by each bidirectional subscriber that has received the message for a period of time individually assigned to the subscriber to send a confirmation and/or to forward the message to the destination or to the central station, during the wait time, switching to receive by each subscriber in order to monitor a radio channel to see if another subscriber with a shorter wait time has already confirmed the message and/or forwarded it to the central station, and as soon as a subscriber receives a confirmation of the message or the fact that it has been forwarded, suppressing its own confirmation or forwarding of the message.
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Abstract
In a radio alarm signaling system with a central station (Z) and a plurality of bidirectional (BT1 to BT5) and unidirectional (UT1, UT2) subscribers, the unidirectional subscribers (UT1, UT2) attempt to send messages via one of the bidirectional subscribers (BT1 to BT5) to the central station. In this case the message sent by a unidirectional subscriber (UT2) is received by all bidirectional subscribers (BT1, BT2, BT5) in its radio coverage area. Each bidirectional subscriber that has received this message waits until a time slot individually assigned to it before forwarding the message. During the wait time each of these bidirectional subscribers (BT1, BT2, BT5) monitors the radio channel to see whether another subscriber has already forwarded the message. If this is the case it suppresses its own forwarding. This ensures that only one of the bidirectional subscribers (BT1) forwards the message so that no overloading of the radio system occurs.
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1. A method for radio transmission of messages in an alarm signaling system with a central station and a plurality of bidirectional and unidirectional subscribers, in which the central station and the bidirectional subscribers each feature a send and receive unit while the unidirectional subscribers merely possess a send unit and whereby the unidirectional subscribers located outside the radio coverage area of the destination of a message of the unidirectional subscriber, which as a rule is the central station, attempt to send messages via one of the bidirectional subscribers to the destination, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a message sent by a unidirectional subscriber by all bidirectional subscribers within its radio coverage area, waiting by each bidirectional subscriber that has received the message for a period of time individually assigned to the subscriber to send a confirmation and/or to forward the message to the destination or to the central station, during the wait time, switching to receive by each subscriber in order to monitor a radio channel to see if another subscriber with a shorter wait time has already confirmed the message and/or forwarded it to the central station, and as soon as a subscriber receives a confirmation of the message or the fact that it has been forwarded, suppressing its own confirmation or forwarding of the message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for radio transmission of messages in an alarm signaling system with a central station and a plurality of bidirectional and unidirectional subscribers, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a message sent by a unidirectional subscriber by all bidirectional subscribers within its radio coverage area, waiting for an individually assigned period of time by each bidirectional subscriber that has received the message to send a confirmation and/or to forward the message to the destination or to the central station, wherein during the wait time, each subscriber switches to a receive mode in order to monitor a radio channel, monitoring whether another subscriber with a shorter wait time has already confirmed the message and/or forwarded it to the central station, and as soon as a subscriber receives a confirmation of the message or the fact that it has been forwarded, suppressing its own confirmation or forwarding of the message. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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