Wireless probe system and method for a fueling environment
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1. A wireless communication system in a fueling environment, comprising:
- a first sensor adapted to detect a condition in the fueling environment;
a first wireless transceiver associated with said first sensor;
a repeater positioned in the fueling environment; and
a second wireless transceiver associated with a site communicator, wherein said site communicator receives data from said first sensor through said second wireless transceiver;
said second wireless transceiver receives data from at least one of said first wireless transceiver and said repeater; and
said repeater receives a signal from said first wireless transceiver and retransmits said signal when said repeater fails to receive an acknowledgement signal from said second wireless transceiver, wherein said acknowledgement signal indicates receipt of said signal.
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Abstract
A fueling environment is equipped with leak detection probes and liquid level probes. Each of the probes is associated with a wireless transceiver. The wireless transceivers send probe data to a site communicator wireless transceiver. To ensure that the site communicator receives the probe data, repeaters are used within the fueling environment. The repeaters receive the probe data, and some period of time after the sensor transceivers stop transmitting, the repeaters retransmit the probe data to the site communicator. The site communicator discards duplicative information and processes the probe data as needed.
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1. A wireless communication system in a fueling environment, comprising:
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a first sensor adapted to detect a condition in the fueling environment; a first wireless transceiver associated with said first sensor; a repeater positioned in the fueling environment; and a second wireless transceiver associated with a site communicator, wherein said site communicator receives data from said first sensor through said second wireless transceiver; said second wireless transceiver receives data from at least one of said first wireless transceiver and said repeater; and said repeater receives a signal from said first wireless transceiver and retransmits said signal when said repeater fails to receive an acknowledgement signal from said second wireless transceiver, wherein said acknowledgement signal indicates receipt of said signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A wireless communication system in a fueling environment comprising:
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a first sensor adapted to detect a condition in the fueling environment; a first wireless transceiver associated with said first sensor; a repeater positioned in the fueling environment; and a second wireless transceiver associated with a site communicator, wherein said site communicator receives data from said first sensor through said second wireless transceiver; said second wireless transceiver receives data from at least one of said first wireless transceiver and said repeater; and said repeater receives a first signal from said first wireless transceiver and retransmits said first signal regardless of said second wireless transceiver sending an acknowledgement. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A wireless communication system in a fueling environment comprising:
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a first sensor adapted to detect a condition in the fueling environment; a first wireless transceiver associated with said first sensor; a repeater positioned in the fueling environment; and a second wireless transceiver associated with a site communicator, wherein said site communicator receives data from said first sensor through said second wireless transceiver; said second wireless transceiver receives data from at least one of said first wireless transceiver and said repeater; said repeater receives a first signal from said first wireless transceiver and retransmits said first signal; said first wireless transceiver attempts to transmit the data to the second wireless transceiver a plurality of times; said repeater attempts to transmit the data to the second wireless transceiver a plurality of times; and said repeater adds a repeater identification to the data. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method of reporting probe data in a fueling environment, said method comprising:
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receiving sensor data at a first wireless transceiver from a sensor in the fueling environment; wirelessly transmitting the sensor data, creating transmitted sensor data; receiving the transmitted sensor data at a repeater; retransmitting the transmitted sensor data from the repeater including appending a repeater identification onto the transmitted sensor data; and receiving the transmitted sensor data at a site communicator. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A method of reporting probe data in a fueling environment, said method comprising:
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receiving sensor data at a first wireless transceiver from a sensor in the fueling environment; wirelessly transmitting the sensor data, creating transmitted sensor data; receiving the transmitted sensor data at a repeater; retransmitting the transmitted sensor data from the repeater; receiving the transmitted sensor data at a site communicator; and discarding a duplicate copy of the transmitted sensor data when the site communicator receives a first copy from the first wireless transceiver and a second copy from the second wireless transceiver.
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53. A method of reporting probe data in a fueling environment, said method comprising:
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receiving sensor data at a first wireless transceiver from a sensor in the fueling environment; wirelessly transmitting the sensor data, creating transmitted sensor data; receiving the transmitted sensor data at a repeater; retransmitting the transmitted sensor data from the repeater; receiving the transmitted sensor data at a site communicator; and sending, from the site communicator, an acknowledgement signal upon receipt of the transmitted sensor data when the site communicator receives the transmitted sensor data from the first wireless transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (54)
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55. A method of reporting probe data in a fueling environment, said method comprising:
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receiving sensor data at a first wireless transceiver from a sensor in the fueling environment; wirelessly transmitting the sensor data, creating transmitted sensor data; receiving the transmitted sensor data at a repeater; retransmitting the transmitted sensor data from the repeater; receiving the transmitted sensor data at a site communicator; and sending, from the site communicator, an acknowledgement signal upon receipt of the transmitted sensor data when the site communicator receives the transmitted sensor data from the repeater.
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