WIRELESS NETWORKS FOR HIGHLY DEPENDABLE APPLICATIONS
First Claim
1. A wireless communication system comprising:
- one or more control units operable to transmit control signals;
a plurality of actuators responsive to the control signals;
a plurality of sensors operable to transmit sensor data used by the one or more control units in generating the control signals;
wherein each of the sensors, actuators, and one or more control units are located at a fixed position in the system relative to one another;
wherein each of the plurality of sensors and each of the plurality of actuators are coupled to at least one of the one or more control units via a plurality of wireless paths;
wherein each of the plurality of sensors are operable to transmit the sensor data in an assigned time slot to at least one of the one or more control units over a plurality of wireless channels in each of the plurality of wireless paths;
wherein the number of channels in each of the plurality of wireless paths is determined based, at least in part, on a worst-case estimate of potential interference; and
wherein each of the plurality of sensors is operable to pseudo-randomly switch the plurality of channels over which the sensor data is transmitted.
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Abstract
A wireless communication system comprises one or more control units operable to transmit control signals, a plurality of actuators responsive to the control signals, and a plurality of sensors operable to transmit sensor data used by the one or more control units in generating the control signals. Each of the sensors, actuators, and one or more control units are located at a fixed position in the system relative to one another. Each of the plurality of sensors and each of the plurality of actuators are coupled to at least one of the one or more control units via a plurality of wireless paths. Each of the plurality of sensors are operable to transmit the sensor data in an assigned time slot to at least one of the one or more control units over a plurality of wireless channels in each of the plurality of wireless paths. The number of channels in each of the plurality of wireless paths is determined based, at least in part, on a worst-case estimate of potential interference, and each of the plurality of sensors is operable to pseudo-randomly switch the plurality of channels over which the sensor data is transmitted.
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20 Claims
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1. A wireless communication system comprising:
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one or more control units operable to transmit control signals; a plurality of actuators responsive to the control signals; a plurality of sensors operable to transmit sensor data used by the one or more control units in generating the control signals; wherein each of the sensors, actuators, and one or more control units are located at a fixed position in the system relative to one another; wherein each of the plurality of sensors and each of the plurality of actuators are coupled to at least one of the one or more control units via a plurality of wireless paths; wherein each of the plurality of sensors are operable to transmit the sensor data in an assigned time slot to at least one of the one or more control units over a plurality of wireless channels in each of the plurality of wireless paths; wherein the number of channels in each of the plurality of wireless paths is determined based, at least in part, on a worst-case estimate of potential interference; and wherein each of the plurality of sensors is operable to pseudo-randomly switch the plurality of channels over which the sensor data is transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A wireless communication system comprising:
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a plurality of nodes, each of the plurality of nodes coupled to a plurality of the other nodes via corresponding wireless links; wherein each of the nodes is located at a fixed position in the system relative to the other nodes; wherein each of the plurality of nodes is operable to transmit a wireless signal over a plurality of channels to a destination node of the plurality of nodes via one or more other nodes in each of a plurality of wireless paths, each wireless path comprising at least one segment; wherein each other node in each wireless path is operable to forward the received wireless signal; wherein each of the plurality of nodes is further operable to pseudo-randomly switch the channels over which the wireless signal is transmitted; and wherein each of the plurality of nodes is operable to transmit redundant copies of the wireless signal at different moments in time. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of wireless communication, the method comprising:
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dynamically selecting an encoding technique from a plurality of available encoding techniques for each of a plurality channels; encoding data to be transmitted using the selected encoding techniques; transmitting the encoded data over each of the plurality of channels to a destination node via a plurality of wireless paths; pseudo-randomly switching the plurality of channels over which the data is transmitted; and transmitting each of a plurality of redundant copies of the data over the plurality of channels at a distinct moment in time to the destination node via the plurality of wireless paths. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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