Beacon For A Star Network, Sensor Nodes In A Star Network, Method For Initializing A Gateway In A Star Network And Method For Operating A Star Network
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Abstract
A beacon for a star network comprising a gateway and at least one sensor node, where the beacon includes fields containing information on the length of a base time-slot and information on the number of used base time-slots per management time-slot, where the management time-slots are used at least to transmit configurations for the star network. In addition, the sensor node in the star network includes a data structure for saving a star network configuration, and the data structure includes a configuration gateway ID and a configuration sequence number as attributes.
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30 Claims
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16. A gateway for a star network including at least one sensor node, the gateway transmitting a beacon including:
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fields containing information on a length of a base timeslot and information on a number of base timeslots used per management timeslot; wherein the management timeslots are used to transmit at least configurations for the star network. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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- 22. A sensor node in a star network, the sensor node having a data structure for storing a configuration of the star network, the data structure having attributes comprising a gateway ID of the configuration and a configuration sequence number of the configuration.
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25. A method for initializing a gateway in a star network comprising a gateway and multiple sensor nodes, the method comprising:
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detecting a gateway ID; and determining start values for the gateway ID and a configuration sequence number. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for operating a star network having a gateway and multiple sensor nodes, the method comprising:
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receiving, by the sensor nodes, beacons from the gateway, the beacons comprising a gateway ID and configuration sequence number; comparing the received gateway ID and configuration sequence number with corresponding values of a current configuration of a respective sensor node; and if a sensor node establishes that a match has not occurred, searching configurations stored in the respective sensor node to ascertain whether there is an appropriate configuration for the gateway ID and the configuration sequence number and using the appropriate configuration if there is an appropriate configuration for the gateway ID and the configuration sequence number. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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