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METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF MOBILE TRANSCEIVERS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT A TRANSCEIVER FIELD, AND SYSTEM

  • US 20150241550A1
  • Filed: 09/27/2013
  • Published: 08/27/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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