SYNCHRONIZED WIRELESS DATA CONCENTRATOR FOR AIRBORNE WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS
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1. A system for airborne wireless sensor networks, the system comprising:
- at least one wireless data concentrator (WDC) operable as a router;
at least one processor that is to run hosted applications related to the at least one WDC operable as a router;
at least one network switch that is connected to the at least one WDC operable as a router and the at least one processor; and
at least one node that is wirelessly in communication with the at least one WDC operable as a router.
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Abstract
A system, method, and apparatus for a synchronized wireless data concentrator are provided for facilitating a precisely synchronized system of nodes in a wireless sensor network for airborne data systems. The wireless data concentrator contains a plurality of IEEE 802.15.4 radio/micro-processor subsystems, which are connected to a local host microprocessor, which is in turn connected to an aircraft data network. The airplane data network also contains a precision clock source and a plurality of specialized network switches, which have a low-jitter data-path routing capability.
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21 Claims
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1. A system for airborne wireless sensor networks, the system comprising:
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at least one wireless data concentrator (WDC) operable as a router; at least one processor that is to run hosted applications related to the at least one WDC operable as a router; at least one network switch that is connected to the at least one WDC operable as a router and the at least one processor; and at least one node that is wirelessly in communication with the at least one WDC operable as a router. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for airborne wireless sensor networks, the method comprising:
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transmitting state information from at least one node; receiving, by at least one wireless data concentrator (WDC) operable as a router, the state information; transmitting the state information from the at least one WDC operable as a router; receiving, by at least one WDC operable as a coordinator, the state information; and sending the state information, by the at least one WDC operable as a coordinator, to at least one processor for processing. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A wireless data concentrator (WDC) for airborne wireless sensor networks, the WDC comprising:
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at least one router, wherein at least one node is in communication with the at least one router; at least one microprocessor, wherein the at least one microprocessor is for processing signals received by the at least one router from the at least one node; and at least one clock crystal, wherein the at least one clock crystal is used for synchronizing communications for the at least one router.
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