SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE TRANSMISSION POWER OF A NODE

• US 20080240025A1
• Filed: 03/30/2007
• Published: 10/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC (Strong Force Intellectual Capital, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Maracas, George N., Swope, Charles B.
• Granted Patent: US 8,676,245 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/246 where the output power of a terminal is based on a path parameter calculated in said terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/34 TPC management, i.e. sharing limited amount of power among users or channels or data types, e.g. cell loading

Abstract

A system (10) and method (50) for controlling the transmission power of a node (14) that includes at least one base station (12), at least one node (14), a sensor (16), and a control unit (20). The node (14) is in communication with the base station (12). The sensor (16) is integrated with each of the nodes (14), wherein the sensor (16) collects data that includes at least the amount of combustible material (18) proximate to the node (14). The control unit (20) is integrated with each node (14) and configures the transmission power of each of the nodes (14) based upon the data collected by the sensor (16).

Claims

1. A communication system comprising;

at least one base station;

at least one node in communication with the at least one base station;

a sensor integrated with each of the at least one node, wherein the sensor collects data that includes at least the amount of combustible material proximate to the at least one node; and

a control unit integrated with each of the at least one node, wherein the control unit configures the transmission power of each of the at least one node based upon the data collected by the sensor.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the control unit configures the transmission power to prevent ignition of the combustible material.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the control unit configures the transmission power of a first node of the at least one node based upon the data collected by the sensor of at least one other node, such that the nodes are in communication with one another.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the first node communicates the data collected by the sensor directly with the at least one other node so that the first node and the at least one other node form a MESH network.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the first node communicates the data collected by the sensor to the at least one base station and the at least one base stations transmits the data to the at least one other node.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein a first node of the at least one node is integrated into a radio device, and the radio device is in communication with at least one of the at least one base station and a second node of the at least one node.

7. The system of claim 1 further comprising at least one remote radio device in communication with the base station.

8. The system of claim 1 further comprising at least one remote database in communication with at least one of the at least one base station and the at least one node.

9. A communication system comprising;

at least one base station;

a plurality of nodes in communication with the at least one base station;

a sensor integrated with each of the plurality of nodes, wherein the sensor collects data that includes at least the amount of combustible material proximate to the each of the plurality of nodes; and

a control unit integrated with each of the plurality of nodes, wherein the control unit configures the transmission power of each of the plurality of nodes based upon at least one of the data collected by the sensor and the data collected by sensors of other nodes in order to prevent ignition of the combustible materials.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein a first node of the plurality of nodes communicates the data collected by the sensor directly with at least one other node of the plurality of nodes so that the first node and the at least one other node form a MESH network.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein a first node of the plurality of nodes communicates the data collected by the sensor to the at least one base station, and the at least one base station transmits the data to at least one other node of the plurality of nodes.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein a first node of the plurality of nodes is integrated into a radio device, and the radio device is in communication with at least one of the at least one base station and a second node of the plurality of nodes.

13. The system of claim 9 further comprising at least one remote radio device in communication with the at least one base station.

14. The system of claim 9 further comprising at least one remote database in communication with at least one of the at least one base station and the plurality of nodes.

15. A method of controlling transmission power in a transmitting device, the method comprising the steps of:

providing at least one base station in communication with at least one node;

monitoring the amount of combustible material proximate each of the at least one nodes; and

configuring the transmission power of each of the at least one node based upon the amount of combustible material proximate the at least one node.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising the step of communicating between a remote database and at least one of the at least one base station and the at least one node.

17. The method of claim 15 further comprising the step of communicating between a remote radio device and the at least one base station.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein at least one node is integrated into a two-way radio transceiver.

19. The method of claim 15 further comprising the step of forming a MESH network with the at least one node and the at least one base station, such that a first node of the at least one node communicates the data collected by the sensor with at least one other node of the at least one node.

20. The method of claim 15 further comprising the step of communicating the data collected by the sensor from a first node of the at least one node to the at least one base station, and transmitting the data from the at least one base station to at least one other node of the at least one node.