Wireless communication system with channel hopping and redundant connectivity
First Claim
1. A wireless system comprising:
- at least one initiating device; and
a responding device; and
wherein;
the responding device occasionally has an interruption in its normal operation to listen for a transmission from an initiating device;
the initiating device repeatedly sends a transmission of tightly packed messages requesting time synchronization information with minimum spacing allowing time between transmissions for receiving a response;
the responding device receives the transmission from the initiating device during an interruption; and
the responding device sends time synchronization information to the initiating device immediately following a reception of the transmission from the initiating device.
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Abstract
A wireless system having an infrastructure node and several leaf nodes in a non-redundant version or having at least two infrastructure nodes and several leaf nodes in a redundant version. Leaf nodes may individually seek out timing information in order to be in synch with an infrastructure node. Upon receipt of synch information from an infrastructure node, the respective leaf node may send data to the infrastructure node. In the case of a redundant system, primary and secondary nodes may be selected from a list of infrastructure nodes. Communications between an infrastructure node and a leaf node may occur on one of a number of channels, and the channel may be changed for communications between the nodes. In the case of a redundant system, a single transmission from the leaf node is received simultaneously by the redundant infrastructure nodes.
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96 Claims
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1. A wireless system comprising:
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at least one initiating device; and
a responding device; and
wherein;
the responding device occasionally has an interruption in its normal operation to listen for a transmission from an initiating device;
the initiating device repeatedly sends a transmission of tightly packed messages requesting time synchronization information with minimum spacing allowing time between transmissions for receiving a response;
the responding device receives the transmission from the initiating device during an interruption; and
the responding device sends time synchronization information to the initiating device immediately following a reception of the transmission from the initiating device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A wireless system comprising:
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at least one initiating device; and
at least two responding devices; and
wherein;
each responding device occasionally has an interruption in its normal operation to listen for a transmission from an initiating device;
each responding device is synchronized to a system clock;
an initiating device repeatedly sends a transmission of tightly packed messages requesting time synchronization information with minimum spacing, allowing time between transmissions for receiving a response;
one or more responding devices receive the transmission from the initiating device during an interruption; and
a responding device that first receives a transmission from the initiating device during an interruption sends time synchronization information to the initiating device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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49. The system of 48, wherein the one or more transmissions may comprise at least one re-transmission.
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60. A wireless system comprising:
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at least one initiating device; and
a responding device; and
wherein;
the at least one initiating device is time synchronized with the responding device;
the responding device has a normal operation of communicating with the at least one initiating device;
the at least one initiating device sends a message to the responding device within a designated time; and
the responding device occasionally has an interruption in its normal operation to carry out other activities. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76)
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77. A wireless system comprising:
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at least one initiating device; and
at least two responding devices; and
wherein;
the two or more responding devices have a normal operation of communicating with an initiating device;
the responding devices are synchronized to a system clock;
the at least one initiating device is time synchronized with the at least two responding devices; and
the initiating device sends a message to the responding devices within a designated time. - View Dependent Claims (78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96)
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