SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD
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1. A system for surveillance of a region of interest, comprising:
- (a) a plurality of monitors, each monitor operative to acquire and to transmit periodically a description of a respective portion of the region of interest, said monitors being operative to transmit said descriptions in a first communication channel having insufficient bandwidth for all said monitors to transmit said descriptions simultaneously; and
(b) a control station for allocating respective portions of said channel to said monitors for said transmissions according to a plurality of rules;
wherein at least one of said rules includes feedback from said monitors that is separate from said descriptions.
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A system for surveillance of a region of interest. The system includes a number of monitors, each monitor operative to acquire and to transmit periodically a description of a respective portion of the region of interest. The monitors are operative to transmit the descriptions in a first communication channel with insufficient bandwidth for all the monitors to transmit the descriptions simultaneously. The system also includes a control station for allocating respective portions of the channel to the monitors for the transmissions according to a number of rules. One or more of the rules includes feedback from the monitors that is separate from the descriptions.
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1. A system for surveillance of a region of interest, comprising:
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(a) a plurality of monitors, each monitor operative to acquire and to transmit periodically a description of a respective portion of the region of interest, said monitors being operative to transmit said descriptions in a first communication channel having insufficient bandwidth for all said monitors to transmit said descriptions simultaneously; and (b) a control station for allocating respective portions of said channel to said monitors for said transmissions according to a plurality of rules; wherein at least one of said rules includes feedback from said monitors that is separate from said descriptions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of surveillance of a region of interest, comprising the steps of:
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(a) deploying, in the region of interest, a plurality of monitors, each monitor operative to acquire and transmit periodically a description of a respective portion of the region of interest; (b) providing a communication channel having insufficient bandwidth for all said monitors to transmit said descriptions simultaneously; and (c) allocating respective portions of said communication channel to said monitors for said transmissions according to a plurality of rules, at least one of said rules including feedback from said monitors that is separate from said descriptions. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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