SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING REMOTE DEVICES WITH A DUAL-MODE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL
4 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
The present invention is generally directed to systems and device for monitoring remote device with a wireless, dual-mode communication protocol. As such, a representative embodiment is a system for monitoring and controlling remote devices. The system includes a first and a second remote device; and a first and a second wireless transceiver integrated with the respective remote devices. The wireless transceivers are configured to communicate with at least one of a spread-spectrum communication protocol and a fixed-frequency communication protocol.
-
Citations
74 Claims
-
1-54. -54. (canceled)
-
55. A wireless transceiver used within a system for monitoring remote devices, said wireless transceiver comprising:
-
an RF transceiver for communicating in a spread-spectrum communication protocol and a fixed-frequency communication protocol, the RF transceiver comprising; a spread-spectrum communication protocol chipset for communicating in a first modulation scheme at a first radiating-power level; and a fixed-frequency communication protocol chipset for communicating in a second modulation scheme at a second radiating-power level; a data controller coupled to the RF transceiver for processing data communicated by the RF transceiver; and a memory comprising spread-spectrum logic implemented by at least one of the data controller and the RF transceiver, the spread-spectrum logic configured to; prepare a preamble portion and a data portion of a transmit-communication frame, the preamble portion comprising a first data channel index indicative of a first data channel frequency for communicating the data portion of the transmit-communication frame; transmit the preamble portion of the transmit-communication frame at a first frequency channel; and transmit the data portion of the transmit-communication frame at the first data channel frequency. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
-
-
72. A dual-mode transceiver device, comprising:
-
a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with at least one of a spread spectrum communication protocol and fixed-frequency communication protocol, the wireless transceiver further configured to communicate with a second wireless transceiver with said spread spectrum communication protocol; and a logic element configured to; transmit or receive a first portion of a communication frame at a first frequency channel, wherein the first portion of the communication frame comprises a data channel index that indicates a second frequency channel; switch to the second frequency channel; and transmit or receive a second portion of the communication frame at the second frequency channel.
-
-
73. In a system for monitoring and controlling remote devices, the system comprising a plurality of remote devices, a gateway, and a plurality of wireless transceivers, wherein each wireless transceiver in the plurality of wireless transceivers is configured to communicate signals via at least one of a fixed-frequency communication protocol and a spread-spectrum communication protocol, a dual-mode transceiver integrated with at least one remote device in the plurality of remote devices, the dual-mode transceiver comprising:
-
an RF transceiver configured to communicate with at least one of a first wireless transceiver in the plurality of wireless transceivers and the gateway; a data controller in communication with the RF transceiver, the data controller configured to process data to be communicated by the RF transceiver; and memory comprising; a receiver address table storing an identification address, a receiver communication protocol, and a receiver modulation scheme for the at least one of the first wireless transceiver and the gateway. a spread-spectrum logic implemented by at least one of the data controller and the RF transceiver, the spread-spectrum logic configured to execute a spread-spectrum transmit process if the receiver communication protocol is the spread-spectrum communication protocol, the spread-spectrum transmit process comprising; preparing a preamble portion and a data portion of a transmit-communication frame, the preamble portion comprising a first data channel index indicative of a first data channel frequency for communicating the data portion of the transmit-communication frame; transmitting the preamble portion of the transmit-communication frame to the at least one of the first wireless transceiver and the gateway at a first frequency channel with the receiver modulation scheme; and transmitting the data portion of the transmit-communication frame to the at least one of the first wireless transceiver and the gateway at the first data channel frequency with the receiver modulation scheme; and a fixed-frequency logic implemented by at least one of the data controller and the RF transceiver, the fixed-frequency logic configured to execute a fixed-frequency transmit process if the receiver communication protocol is the fixed-frequency protocol, the fixed-frequency transmit process comprising; preparing the preamble portion and the data portion of the transmit-communication frame; and transmitting the preamble portion and the data portion to the at least one of the first wireless transceiver and the gateway at a fixed-frequency designated channel frequency with the receiver modulation scheme. - View Dependent Claims (74)
-
Specification