METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF MOBILE TRANSCEIVERS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT A TRANSCEIVER FIELD, AND SYSTEM
First Claim
1. Method comprising:
- providing a primary transceiver (100);
providing a plurality of secondary transceivers (201-250), spatially distributed throughout a transceiver field (300), each secondary transceiver including;
a transmitter, capable of at least one of short-range and long-range transmissions;
a receiver, capable of receiving both short-range and long-range transmissions;
a memory for holding a unique identification code; and
a processing unit, operably connected to the transmitter, the receiver and the memory, and configured to execute commands received via the receiver;
executing a setup-routine, said setup-routine comprising a wave-routine including;
the primary transceiver (100) transmitting a cascading identification command to at least one initial secondary transceiver, wherein the identification command holds instructions for the secondary transceiver to short-range retransmit a same or modified copy of the identification command indiscriminately to neighboring secondary receivers, provided no such retransmission of the identification command was effected during a wave period immediately preceding reception of the identification command by the secondary transceiver, so as to effect a travelling wave of secondary transceivers retransmitting the identification command.
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Abstract
Embodiments include a method comprising providing a primary transceiver, and a plurality of secondary transceivers spatially distributed throughout a transceiver field; and executing a setup-routine comprising a wave-routine including: the primary transceiver transmitting a cascading identification command to at least one initial secondary transceiver, wherein the identification command holds instructions for the secondary transceiver to short-range retransmit a same or modified copy of the identification command indiscriminately to neighboring secondary receivers, provided no such retransmission of the identification command was effected during a wave period immediately preceding reception of the identification command by the secondary transceiver, so as to effect a travelling wave of secondary transceivers retransmitting the identification command.
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19 Claims
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1. Method comprising:
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providing a primary transceiver (100); providing a plurality of secondary transceivers (201-250), spatially distributed throughout a transceiver field (300), each secondary transceiver including; a transmitter, capable of at least one of short-range and long-range transmissions; a receiver, capable of receiving both short-range and long-range transmissions; a memory for holding a unique identification code; and a processing unit, operably connected to the transmitter, the receiver and the memory, and configured to execute commands received via the receiver; executing a setup-routine, said setup-routine comprising a wave-routine including; the primary transceiver (100) transmitting a cascading identification command to at least one initial secondary transceiver, wherein the identification command holds instructions for the secondary transceiver to short-range retransmit a same or modified copy of the identification command indiscriminately to neighboring secondary receivers, provided no such retransmission of the identification command was effected during a wave period immediately preceding reception of the identification command by the secondary transceiver, so as to effect a travelling wave of secondary transceivers retransmitting the identification command. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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