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METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRESERVING THE LIFE OF A POWER SOURCE OF A WIRELESS END NODE IN A TRANSPORT REFRIGERATION SYSTEM

  • US 20130279386A1
  • Filed: 03/21/2013
  • Published: 10/24/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for preserving the life of a power source of a wireless end node of a wireless communication system for use in a mobile environment comprising:

  • wirelessly transmitting a wireless end node acknowledgment message to a network coordinator during a normal operation mode of the wireless end node;

    the wireless end node monitoring for a network coordinator acknowledgment message from a network coordinator in response to the wireless end node acknowledgement message during the normal operation mode of the wireless end node;

    incrementing a missed acknowledgment counter value stored in a memory storage of the wireless end node when the network coordinator acknowledgment message is not received; and

    increasing a time period of a sleep timer of the wireless end node from a first time period to a second time period when the missed acknowledgment counter value equals a missed acknowledgment threshold in order to reduce current being drawn from the power source of the wireless end node.

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