Relaying Communications in a Wireless Sensor System
First Claim
1. A method of bi-directional communication within a wireless sensor system comprising:
- receiving, at a wireless repeater unit, a communication packet including an address portion that comprises a first code and a second code;
determining if the first code in the communication packet corresponds to a building code associated with the wireless repeater unit;
based on the determining that the first code corresponds to the building code associated with the wireless repeater unit, comparing the second code to wireless sensor identifiers in a table of the wireless sensor identifiers stored in the wireless repeater unit; and
based on the second code matching a wireless sensor identifier in the table, relaying the communication packet.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of wireless ambient sensor unit are presented. The sensor unit may include a wireless transceiver configured to transmit sensor data and to receive instructions. The sensor unit may include a sensor configured to measure an ambient condition. The sensor unit may include a controller in communication with the wireless transceiver and the sensor. The controller may be configured to compare data measured about the ambient condition to a stored threshold while the wireless ambient sensor unit is functioning in a low-power mode. The controller may be configured to exit the low-power mode in response to the comparison of the data with the stored threshold. The controller may be configured to cause the data measured about the ambient condition to be transmitted by the wireless transceiver as one or more messages in response to the comparison to the stored threshold.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of bi-directional communication within a wireless sensor system comprising:
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receiving, at a wireless repeater unit, a communication packet including an address portion that comprises a first code and a second code; determining if the first code in the communication packet corresponds to a building code associated with the wireless repeater unit; based on the determining that the first code corresponds to the building code associated with the wireless repeater unit, comparing the second code to wireless sensor identifiers in a table of the wireless sensor identifiers stored in the wireless repeater unit; and based on the second code matching a wireless sensor identifier in the table, relaying the communication packet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A wireless repeater device comprising:
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a wireless transceiver configured to receive a communication packet including an address portion that comprises a first code and a second code; and a controller, comprising a table of wireless sensor identifiers, the controller configured to; determine if the first code in the communication packet corresponds to a building code associated with the wireless repeater device; based on the determination that the first code corresponds to the building code associated with the wireless repeater device, compare the second code to the wireless sensor identifiers in the table; and based on the second code matching to a wireless sensor identifier in the table, relay the communication packet using the wireless transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A wireless sensor system comprising:
a wireless repeater unit comprising a table of wireless sensor identifiers, the wireless repeater unit configured to; receive a communication packet including an address portion that comprises a first code and a second code; determine if the first code in the communication packet corresponds to a building code associated with the wireless sensor system; based on the determination that the first code corresponds to the building code associated with the wireless sensor system, compare the second code to the wireless sensor identifiers in the table; and based on the comparison matching the second code to a wireless sensor identifier in the table, relay the communication packet. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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