METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR LOCALIZATION IN INDUSTRIAL WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK

• US 20130170378A1
• Filed: 01/29/2013
• Published: 07/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ABB Research Ltd. (ABB Limited)
• Original Assignee: ABB Research Ltd. (ABB Limited)
• Inventors: RAY, Apala, KANDE, Mallikarjun, NARAYANAN, Venkateswaran, KUMAR, Ravish
• Application Number:
  US13/752,564
• Publication Number:
  US 20130170378A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/51 Relative positioning
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0289 of multiple transceivers, e.g. in ad hoc networks
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/14 Determining absolute distances from a plurality of spaced points of known location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A method and system are disclosed for localization in an industrial wireless sensor network by identifying a sensor node of a field device for localization, and determining the location information of the sensor node associated with the field device. The determined location information is stored in the field device, in one or more modules of the wireless network management component, and/or an operator portal. Operation can be indicated upon the joining of the field device into the network or during the commissioning of the industrial wireless sensor.

Claims

1. A method for localization in an industrial wireless sensor network having one or more field devices, an operator portal, and/or a wireless network management component including one or more modules such as a network manager, a security manager, access points, and/or gateways, the method comprising:

identifying a sensor node of a field device for localization by a detection means being the field device, or by one or more modules of the wireless network management component, by a commissioning and configuration unit, by one or more field devices co-located with the field device in the industrial wireless network, and/or by a hand held device;

determining location information of the sensor node associated with the field device by a determining means having tools configured in one or more modules of the wireless network management component in the field device, or the commissioning and configuration unit, and/or in the operator portal; and

storing the determined location information in the field device, in the operator portal, and/or in one or more modules of the wireless network management component.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the identifying comprises:

manual or automatic identification of the said sensor node by the one or more detection means configured to identify the field device for which localization is to be performed.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein one or more of the said detection means comprises:

techniques and/or tools which involve GPS, RFID, radio frequency beacons, sensor node signal strength, centralized node distance information, time of arrival, GPS with antenna, and/or an initial deployment plan of a wireless sensor network.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the determining of the location information by determining means, comprises:

determining the location information based on signal strength, three master nodes, radio frequency beacons and/or a triangulation technique.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, comprising:

receiving information relating to determining the location information, for determining location information, from the one or more of said detection means, and/or from a data store unit where information for determining the location information is being stored exclusively or inclusively.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the storing of the determined location information comprises:

updating and/or storing the location information so determined in one or more of field devices, one or more modules of the wireless network management component, the operator portal, and/or the hand held device.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, comprising:

displaying the location information and the information for determining the location information.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, being performed when a field device joins the network, or during commissioning of the network or thereafter, either in part or whole.

9. A system for localization in an industrial wireless sensor network, the system comprising:

one or more field devices which are indoor and/or outdoor;

a wireless network management component including one or more modules;

an operational portal aiding an operator to operate the network; and

means for adapting to and/or configured to function using one or more techniques and/or tools of selected from a group consisting of GPS, RFID, radio frequency beacons, sensor node signal strength, centralized node distance information, time of arrival, and an initial deployment plan of a wireless sensor.

10. The system as claimed in claim 9, comprising:

displaying means for displaying the location information and the information for determining the location information.