WIRELESS MESH NETWORK DEVICE PROTOCOL TRANSLATION

• US 20130114582A1
• Filed: 11/03/2011
• Published: 05/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Digi International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Digi International Inc.
• Inventors: Husney, Jordan
• Application Number:
  US13/288,692
• Publication Number:
  US 20130114582A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A wireless mesh network system includes a first wireless mesh network device supporting a first wireless mesh network device protocol. An application supporting a second wireless mesh network device protocol is executed, and a driver translates between the application'"'"'s second wireless mesh network device protocol and the first wireless mesh network device protocol such that the application can exchange data with the first wireless mesh network device.

Claims

1. A method of operating a wireless mesh network device network, comprising:

operating a first wireless mesh network device supporting a first wireless mesh network device protocol;

executing an application supporting a second wireless mesh network device protocol;

providing a driver operable to translate between the application'"'"'s second wireless mesh network device protocol and the first wireless mesh network device protocol such that the application can exchange data with the first wireless mesh network device.

2. The method of operating a wireless mesh network device network of claim 1, wherein the driver is employed by a networked application platform.

3. The method of operating a wireless mesh network device network of claim 1, wherein the driver comprises an abstraction layer between a command set of the application and a command set of the first wireless mesh network device.

4. The method of operating a wireless mesh network device network of claim 1, wherein the first wireless mesh network device is a device coupled to a wireless mesh network via a connected wireless mesh network interface.

5. The method of operating a wireless mesh network device network of claim 1, wherein the application executes on a wireless mesh network controller.

6. The method of operating a wireless mesh network device network of claim 1, further comprising automatically identifying the first wireless mesh network device by querying the device.

7. The method of operating a wireless mesh network device network of claim 1, further comprising automatically retrieving the driver from a networked driver store.

8. A wireless mesh network application platform, comprising:

a gateway providing an interface to a first wireless mesh network device supporting a first wireless mesh network device protocol;

an application platform coupled to the gateway by a network and operable to run an application in communication with the first wireless mesh network device and supporting a second wireless mesh network device protocol;

a driver operable to translate between the application'"'"'s second wireless mesh network device protocol and the first wireless mesh network device protocol such that the application can exchange data with the first wireless mesh network device.

9. The wireless mesh network application platform of claim 8, wherein application platform and the gateway are coupled by the Internet.

10. The wireless mesh network application platform of claim 8, wherein the driver comprises an abstraction layer between a command set of the application and a command set of the first wireless mesh network device.

11. The wireless mesh network application platform of claim 8, wherein the first wireless mesh network device comprises a device coupled to a wireless mesh network via a connected wireless mesh network interface.

12. The wireless mesh network application platform of claim 8, wherein the application platform comprises a wireless mesh network controller.

13. The wireless mesh network application platform of claim 8, the gateway further operable to automatically identify the first wireless mesh network device by querying the device.

14. The wireless mesh network application platform of claim 8, the application platform further operable to automatically retrieve the driver from a networked driver store.

15. A machine-readable medium with instructions stored thereon, the instructions when executed operable to cause a computerized system to:

operate a first wireless mesh network device supporting a first wireless mesh network device protocol;

execute an application supporting a second wireless mesh network device protocol; and

provide a driver operable to translate between the application'"'"'s second wireless mesh network device protocol and the first wireless mesh network device protocol such that the application can exchange data with the first wireless mesh network device.

16. The machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the driver comprises an abstraction layer between a command set of the application and a command set of the first wireless mesh network device.

17. The machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the first wireless mesh network device is a device coupled to a wireless mesh network via a connected wireless mesh network interface.

18. The machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the application executes on a wireless mesh network controller.

19. The machine-readable medium of claim 15, the instructions when executed further operable to cause the computerized system to automatically identify the first wireless mesh network device by querying the device.

20. The machine-readable medium of claim 15, the instructions when executed further operable to cause the computerized system to automatically retrieve the driver from a networked driver store.