Wireless communication system for detecting location of the node

• US 20050141465A1
• Filed: 12/21/2004
• Published: 06/30/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Kato, Takeshi, Tamaki, Tsuyoshi
• Application Number:
  US11/017,178
• Publication Number:
  US 20050141465A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/337
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/00 Communication routing or communication path finding
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point

Abstract

Provided is a wireless communication system easily establishing a connection path in a sensor network collecting data from a number of sensor nodes. The wireless communication system comprises a base station communicating by a first wireless communication system, plural first nodes communicating by the first wireless communication system and a second wireless communication system, and plural second nodes communicating by the second wireless communication system. The first node transmits the number of hops in the first wireless communication system to the second node. The second node obtains a reception condition of at least one of a signal transmitted by the first node and a signal transmitted by the second node, and selects a upper stage node to connect based on the number of hops in the first wireless communication system, the number of hops in the second wireless communication system, and the obtained reception condition information.

Claims

1. A wireless communication system comprising a wireless base station, a plurality of first nodes, and a plurality of second nodes, wherein:

the base station communicates by a first wireless communication system;

the first node communicates to the base station and another first node by the first wireless communication system, communicates to the second node by a second wireless communication system, is connected to the wireless base station directly or via another first node by the first wireless communication system, and transmits the number of hops in the first wireless communication system to the second node; and

the second node is connected to the first node directly or via another second node by the second wireless communication system, obtains a reception state of at least one of a signal transmitted by the first node and a signal transmitted by the second node, and selects a upper stage node to be connected to based on the number of hops in the first wireless communication system, the number of hops in the second wireless communication system, and the obtained reception state information.

2. The wireless communication system according to claim 1, wherein the first node transmits transmission source information specifying the first node, the number of hops in the first wireless communication system, reception condition information on a signal received by the first node, upper stage apparatus information specifying a upper stage node to which the first node is connected and a base station, and information on a node connected to the first node.

3. The wireless communication system according to claim 1, wherein the second node transmits transmission source information specifying the second node, the number of hops in the first wireless communication system, the number of hops in the second wireless communication system, reception condition information on a signal received by the second node, upper stage apparatus information specifying a upper stage node to which the second node is connected, and information on a node connected to the second node.

4. The wireless communication system according to claim 1, comprising a location detecting base station, and a positioning server calculating a location of at least one of the first node and the second node, wherein:

the first node transmits, to the positioning server, information on a received signal strength of a signal transmitted from the second node to the first node; and

the positioning server calculates a location of the first node based on a reception timing of a signal transferred between the first node and the location detecting base station, and a distance between a reception point of the signal and the second node using the received signal strength information to calculate a location of the second node.

5. A wireless node, comprising a first radio frequency unit, a second radio frequency unit, a packet generating unit, and a connection selecting unit, wherein:

a first radio frequency unit communicates with a first node by a first wireless communication system, communicates with a base station directly or via the first node by the first wireless communication system, and obtains a reception condition of at least one of a signal transmitted by the first node and a signal transmitted by the base station;

a second radio frequency unit communicates with a second node directly or via another second node by a second wireless communication system;

a packet generating unit generates a packet containing transmission source information specifying the wireless node, the number of hops in the first wireless communication system, reception condition information of a signal received by the wireless node, upper stage apparatus information specifying a upper stage node to which the wireless node is connected and a base station, and information on a node connected to the wireless node; and

a connection selecting unit selects a connection with respect to the network, selects a upper stage apparatus to connect to based on the number of hops in the first wireless communication system, and the obtained reception condition information.

6. A wireless node comprising a radio frequency unit, a packet generating unit, and a connection selecting unit, wherein:

a radio frequency unit communicates, by a second wireless communication system, with a communication apparatus that communicates with a upper stage apparatus by a first wireless communication system, communicates with the first node directly or via another second node by the second wireless communication system, and obtains a reception condition of at least one of a signal transmitted by the second node and a signal transmitted by the first node;

a packet generating unit generates a packet containing transmission source information specifying the wireless node, the number of hops in the first wireless communication system, the number of hops in the second wireless communication system, reception condition information of a signal received by the wireless node, upper stage apparatus information specifying a upper stage node to which the wireless node is connected, and information on a node connected to the wireless node; and

a connection selecting unit for selecting a connection with respect to the network, selects a upper stage node to connect to based on the number of hops in the first wireless communication system, the number of hops in the second wireless communication system, and the obtained reception condition information.