WIRELESS NETWORK INTERFACE CARD AND MOBILE WIRELESS MONITORING SYSTEM

• US 20080219193A1
• Filed: 01/14/2008
• Published: 09/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Delta Electronics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Delta Electronics Incorporated
• Inventors: Liu, Su-Fen, TANG, Min-Tsung
• Application Number:
  US12/013,798
• Publication Number:
  US 20080219193A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/310
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/04 Network management architectures or arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/34 Signalling channels for network management communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/00 Devices specially adapted for wireless communication networks, e.g. terminals, base stations or access point devices

Abstract

A wireless network interface card applied with a portable wireless terminal device includes a wireless communication module, a processing module and a connection interface module. The wireless communication module transmits or receives a wireless communication signal having sensing information according to a communication protocol of a personal wireless area network (PWAN). The processing module electrically connected with the wireless communication module receives the sensing information. The connection interface module is electrically connected with the processing module and the portable wireless terminal device. The sensing information is transmitted to the portable wireless terminal device through the processing module and the connection interface module.

Claims

1. A wireless network interface card applied with a portable wireless terminal device, comprising:

a wireless communication module transmitting or receiving a wireless communication signal having a sensing information;

a processing module electrically connected to the wireless communication module for receiving the sensing information; and

a connection interface module electrically connected to the processing module and the portable wireless terminal device, wherein the sensing information is transmitted to the portable wireless terminal device through the processing module and the connection interface module.

2. The wireless network interface card according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication module transmits or receives the wireless communication signal according to a communication protocol of a personal wireless area network (PWAN).

3. The wireless network interface card according to claim 2, wherein the communication protocol is an IEEE 802.15.4 protocol.

4. The wireless network interface card according to claim 1, further comprising at least one antenna electrically connected to the wireless communication module for transmitting or receiving the wireless communication signal having an electromagnetic waveform.

5. The wireless network interface card according to claim 1, further comprising a crystal oscillator electrically connected to the processing module for providing a clock signal.

6. The wireless network interface card according to claim 1 further comprising:

an inspecting unit electrically connected to the processing module for detecting an operating state of the processing module, wherein the inspecting unit comprises a digital logic gate that implements exclusive disjunction or an XOR gate.

7. The wireless network interface card according to claim 1, further comprising a memory unit electrically connected to the processing module for storing data.

8. The wireless network interface card according to claim 1, wherein the connection interface module comprises:

an interface unit electrically connected to the portable wireless terminal device; and

an interface control unit electrically connected to the interface unit and the processing module, wherein the sensing information is converted by the interface control unit into converted information having a specification of the interface unit, and the converted information is transmitted to the portable wireless terminal device through the interface unit.

9. The wireless network interface card according to claim 8, further comprising a protecting unit electrically connected to the interface control unit for protecting a pin of the interface unit.

10. The wireless network interface card according to claim 8, further comprising:

a crystal oscillator electrically connected to the interface control unit for providing a clock signal.

11. The wireless network interface card according to claim 8, further comprising a resetting unit electrically connected to the interface control unit for resetting the interface control unit.

12. The wireless network interface card according to claim 8, wherein the interface unit is an SD interface, a CF interface, a USB interface or an RS-232 interface.

13. The wireless network interface card according to claim 8, further comprising a memory unit electrically connected to the interface control unit for storing data.

14. The wireless network interface card according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication module comprises a base band circuit and a radio frequency circuit, the base band circuit is in charge of connection establishing/removing and signal encoding, and the radio frequency circuit is in charge of carrier synthesizing and signal receiving/transmitting.

15. The wireless network interface card according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication module and the processing module are implemented in one single chip.

16. The wireless network interface card according to claim 1, wherein the processing module further comprises a transmission interface connecting and communicating with the connection interface module.

17. The wireless network interface card according to claim 1, wherein the portable wireless terminal device is capable of transmitting the sensing information to another wireless terminal device through another wireless communication signal, and the wireless communication signal satisfies an IEEE 802.11 specification or standard.

18. A mobile wireless monitoring system comprising:

at least one wireless sensor device for transmitting a first wireless communication signal having a sensing information;

a wireless network interface card having a wireless communication module, a processing module and a connection interface module, wherein the wireless communication module transmits and receives the first wireless communication signal, and the processing module is electrically connected to the wireless communication module and the connection interface module for receiving the sensing information and transmitting the sensing information to the connection interface module; and

a portable wireless terminal device, wherein the wireless network interface card is electrically connected to the portable wireless terminal device through the connection interface module, and the sensing information is transmitted to the portable wireless terminal device through the connection interface module.

19. The mobile wireless monitoring system according to claim 18, wherein the wireless sensor device transmits the first wireless communication signal according to a communication protocol of a personal wireless area network (PWAN), and the communication protocol is an IEEE 802.15.4 protocol.

20. The mobile wireless monitoring system according to claim 18, wherein the connection interface module is a SD interface, a CF interface, a USB interface or an RS-232 interface.

21. The mobile wireless monitoring system according to claim 18, wherein the sensing information is a temperature sensing information, humidity sensing information or light sensing information.

22. The mobile wireless monitoring system according to claim 18, wherein the portable wireless terminal device transmits the sensing information to a wireless terminal device through a second wireless communication signal.

23. The mobile wireless monitoring system according to claim 22, wherein the second wireless communication signal satisfies an IEEE 802.11 specification or standard.

24. The mobile wireless monitoring system according to claim 18, wherein the portable wireless terminal device is a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile phone or a notebook computer.