Industrial wireless network
First Claim
1. A process control and monitoring system for wirelessly communicating with multiple devices, the system comprising:
- a. a basestation that communicates with multiple field units via a wireless signal and in accordance with a wireless protocol;
b. multiple field units that receive wireless signals in accordance with the wireless protocol from the basestation and respond to requests from the basestation via wireless signals in accordance with the wireless protocol; and
c. wherein the wireless protocol includes frames defined by multiple time slots including, i. an initial time slot reserved for a wireless start-frame message from the basestation to multiple field units, the wireless start-frame message from the basestation assigning the remaining time slots to field units, and providing information for synchronizing the basestation and the field units, and ii. a later time slot reserved for a wireless message from a field unit to the basestation.
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Abstract
A system for wirelessly communicating between multiple devices of a process control system is disclosed. The system includes a basestation that communicates with multiple field units via a wireless signal and in accordance with a wireless protocol. The wireless protocol is made up of frames that are defined by multiple time slots, an initial one of which is reserved for a wireless start-frame message from the basestation to multiple field units. The base station utilizes the start-frame message to assign the remaining time slots to field units and to provide information to synchronizing the field units to the basestation.
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26 Claims
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1. A process control and monitoring system for wirelessly communicating with multiple devices, the system comprising:
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a. a basestation that communicates with multiple field units via a wireless signal and in accordance with a wireless protocol;
b. multiple field units that receive wireless signals in accordance with the wireless protocol from the basestation and respond to requests from the basestation via wireless signals in accordance with the wireless protocol; and
c. wherein the wireless protocol includes frames defined by multiple time slots including, i. an initial time slot reserved for a wireless start-frame message from the basestation to multiple field units, the wireless start-frame message from the basestation assigning the remaining time slots to field units, and providing information for synchronizing the basestation and the field units, and ii. a later time slot reserved for a wireless message from a field unit to the basestation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A process control and monitoring system for wirelessly communicating with multiple devices, the system comprising:
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a. a basestation that communicates with multiple field units via a wireless signal and in accordance with a wireless protocol;
b. multiple field units that receive wireless signals in accordance with the wireless protocol from the basestation and respond to requests from the basestation via wireless signals in accordance with the wireless protocol; and
c. wherein the wireless protocol includes frames defined by multiple time slots including, i. an initial time slot reserved for a start-frame wireless message from the basestation to multiple field units, the start-frame wireless message from the basestation indicates which field unit is assigned to which of the remaining time slots, and ii. later time slots. reserved for wireless messages from multiple field units to the basestation.
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16. A process control and monitoring system for wirelessly communicating with multiple devices, the system comprising;
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a. a basestation that wirelessly communicates with multiple field units in accordance with a wireless protocol;
b. multiple field units that receive wireless signals in accordance with the wireless protocol from the basestation and respond to requests from the basestation via wireless signals in accordance with the wireless protocol; and
c. wherein the wireless protocol includes frames defined by multiple time slots including, i. an initial time slot reserved for a start-frame wireless message from the basestation, the start-frame wireless message indicating to the field units that multiple time slots within the frame are available for logon requests by field units, and ii. a later time slot for wireless logon request messages from the field units. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A process control and monitoring system for wirelessly communicating with multiple devices, the system comprising:
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a. a basestation that communicates with multiple field units via a wireless signal and in accordance with a wireless protocol;
b. multiple field units that receive wireless signals in accordance with the wireless protocol from the basestation and respond to requests from the basestation via wireless signals in accordance with the wireless protocol; and
c. wherein the wireless protocol includes frames defined by multiple time slots including an initial time slot reserved for at least a portion of a start-frame wireless message from the basestation, the start-frame wireless message directing multiple field units to send data in assigned time slots. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A process control and monitoring basestation for wirelessly communicating with multiple devices, the system comprising:
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a. a basestation for communicating with and controlling multiple field units via a wireless signal and in accordance with a wireless protocol;
b. wireless communication and control messages from the basestation sent via a wireless protocol that includes frames defined by multiple time slots; and
c. an initial time slot reserved for a wireless start-frame message from the basestation, the wireless start-frame message from the basestation assigning the remaining time slots, and providing information for synchronizing with the wireless communication and control messages. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. The basestation controls parameters of a manufacturing process via he wireless communication and control messages.
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26. Process control and monitoring field units for wirelessly communicating with multiple devices, the system comprising;
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a. multiple field units that receive wireless communication and control messages in accordance with wireless protocol and respond to requests via wireless signals in accordance with a wireless protocol;
b. wireless communication and control messages sent via a wireless protocol that includes frames defined by multiple time slots; and
c. an initial time slot reserved for a wireless start-frame message for communicating with the multiple field units, the wireless start-frame message assigning the remaining time slots to different field units, and providing information synchronizing the field units with the wireless communication and control messages.
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