Intermittent, low bandwidth, wireless data network and method of operation thereof
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1. For use in a wireless voice network capable of voice communication and having a wireless central monitoring station, an alarm system, comprising:
- a local transceiver configured to establish, in response to a received stimulus, a wireless link of diminished bandwidth over said wireless voice network to said wireless central monitoring station that has a bandwidth insufficient to provide commercially-acceptable quality of service standards for voice communication; and
a local controller, coupled to said transceiver for bidirectional communication with said wireless central monitoring station, configured to receive and send commands and data from and to said wireless central monitoring station via said wireless link.
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Abstract
For use in a wireless voice network, an alarm system and method of operation thereof. In one embodiment, the alarm system includes: (1) a local transceiver that, in response to a received stimulus, establishes an out-of-band wireless link of diminished bandwidth to a wireless central monitoring station in the wireless voice network and (2) a local controller, coupled to the transceiver for bidirectional communication therewith, that receives commands from the wireless central monitoring station via the wireless link.
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1. For use in a wireless voice network capable of voice communication and having a wireless central monitoring station, an alarm system, comprising:
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a local transceiver configured to establish, in response to a received stimulus, a wireless link of diminished bandwidth over said wireless voice network to said wireless central monitoring station that has a bandwidth insufficient to provide commercially-acceptable quality of service standards for voice communication; and a local controller, coupled to said transceiver for bidirectional communication with said wireless central monitoring station, configured to receive and send commands and data from and to said wireless central monitoring station via said wireless link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. For use in a wireless voice network capable of voice communication and including a wireless central monitoring station, a method of operating an alarm system, comprising:
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establishing a wireless link of diminished bandwidth over said wireless voice network to said wireless central monitoring station with a local transceiver and in response to a received stimulus, wherein said wireless link has a bandwidth insufficient to provide commercially-acceptable quality of service standards for voice communication; and receiving and sending commands and data from and to said wireless central monitoring station via said wireless link into a local controller coupled to said transceiver for bidirectional communication with said wireless central monitoring station. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A wireless voice network capable of voice communication, comprising:
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a wireless central monitoring station; a plurality of alarm systems wirelessly couplable to said wireless central monitoring station for communication therewith, each of said plurality of alarm systems including; a local transceiver configured to establish, in response to a received stimulus, a wireless link of diminished bandwidth over said wireless voice network to said wireless central monitoring station that has a bandwidth insufficient to provide commercially-acceptable quality of service standards for voice communication, and a local controller, coupled to said transceiver for bidirectional communication with said wireless central monitoring station, configured to receive and send commands and data from and to said wireless central monitoring station via said wireless link. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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