Frequency reuse techniques in mote-appropriate networks

• US 7,599,696 B2
• Filed: 06/25/2004
• Issued: 10/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alarm.com Inc. (Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Tegreene, Clarence T., Jung, Edward K. Y.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gary; Erika A
• Application Number:
  US10/877,099
• Publication Number:
  US 20050289275A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,929 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 455/447
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 21/00 Measuring or testing not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

Mote appropriate networks employing multiple frequencies, such as those utilized in frequency reuse techniques.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a first-administered set of motes having a first defined carrier frequency;

a second-administered set of motes having a second defined carrier frequency, said second-administered set of motes proximate to said first-administered set of motes; and

a processor configured to receive one or more content logs from said first-administered set of motes and one or more content logs from said second-administered set of motes, and to combine at least part of the one or more content logs from said first-administered set of motes and at least part of the one or more content logs from said second-administered set of motes to form a federated content log in association with said first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and said second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more content logs from said first-administered and second-administered sets of motes comprises:

a sensing/control log that includes a query command format.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein said sensing/control log that includes a query command format further comprises:

a sensing/control log that includes a query command format that indicates one or more control functions associated with one or more devices available on one or more motes of the first-administered or second-administered sets of motes.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of said first defined carrier frequency and said second-defined carrier frequency comprises:

a reused frequency.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first-administered set of motes and the second-administered set of motes includes an aggregating mote having a multi-mote log creation agent configured to:

receive a first content log from a first mote;

receive a second content log from a second mote; and

combine at least part of the first content log and at least part of the second content log into a multi-mote content log.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein said multi-mote content log comprises a first aggregation of content logs in association with said first-administered set of motes having the first-administered set of motes, said first aggregation of content logs resident within electrical circuitry.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein said first aggregation of content logs in association with said first-administered set of motes having the first-administered set of motes further comprises:

a first antenna operably tuned to the first defined carrier frequency operably coupled with said first aggregation of content logs.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein said first content log includes a first time stamp, and said second content log includes a second time stamp corresponding to a different time than the first time stamp.

9. A method comprising:

acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a first-administered set of motes having a first defined carrier frequency;

acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a second-administered set of motes having a second defined carrier frequency; and

at an aggregating mote of at least one of the first-administered set of motes and the second-administered set of motes, combining at least part of two or more content logs into a multi-mote content log.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a first-administered set of motes having a first defined carrier frequency further comprises:

receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein said receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency further comprises:

receiving at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log from at least one aggregation of one or more logs.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein said receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency further comprises:

receiving at least a part of a mote-addressed routing/spatial log from at least one aggregation of one or more logs.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein said receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency further comprises:

receiving at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log from a multi-mote reporting entity at a mote of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein said receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency further comprises:

receiving at least a part of a mote-addressed routing/spatial log from a multi-mote reporting entity at a mote of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein said acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a first-administered set of motes having a first defined carrier frequency further comprises:

receiving at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log from a reporting entity at a mote of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein said acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a first-administered set of motes having a first defined carrier frequency further comprises:

receiving at least a part of a mote-addressed routing/spatial log from a reporting entity at a mote of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency.

17. The method of claim 9, wherein said acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a second-administered set of motes having a second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein said receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

receiving at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log from at least one aggregation of one or more logs.

19. The method of claim 9, wherein said combining at least part of two or more content logs into a multi-mote content log includes combining at least part of a first content log having a first time stamp and at least part of a second content log having a second time stamp corresponding to a different time than the first time stamp.

20. The method of claim 9, wherein said combining at least part of two or more content logs into a multi-mote content log includes combining at least part of two or more content logs from a single mote corresponding to two or more different times.

21. The method of claim 9, wherein said combining at least part of two or more content logs into a multi-mote content log includes combining at least part of two or more content logs using a multi-mote log creation agent, the method further comprising transmitting the multi-mote content log on the first defined carrier frequency using the multi-mote log creation agent.

22. The method of claim 9, wherein said acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a second-administered set of motes having a second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

receiving at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log from a reporting entity at a mote of the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency.

23. The method of claim 9, wherein said acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a second-administered set of motes having a second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

receiving at least a part of a mote-addressed routing/spatial log from a reporting entity at a mote of the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency.

24. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein said creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

creating the federated log from at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency.

26. The method of claim 24, wherein said creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

creating the federated log from at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log or a mote-addressed routing/spatial log of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency.

27. The method of claim 24, wherein said creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

creating the federated log from at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency.

28. The method of claim 24, wherein said creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

creating the federated log from at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log or a mote-addressed routing/spatial log of the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency.

29. The method of claim 24, wherein said creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

generating the federated log to have one or more entries noting one or more respective administrative domains of one or more content log entries.

30. The method of claim 24, wherein said creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

generating the federated log to have access information to one or more content logs for an administered content log.

31. The method of claim 24, wherein said creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

generating the federated log to have information pertaining to a currency of at least one entry of an administered content log.

32. The method of claim 24, wherein said creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

generating the federated log to have information pertaining to an expiration of at least one entry of an administered content log.

33. The method of claim 24, wherein said creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

generating the federated log to have metadata pertaining to an administrative domain, wherein the metadata includes at least one of an ownership indicator, an access fight indicator, a log refresh indicator, or a predefined policy indicator.

34. The method of claim 24, wherein said creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

generating the federated log to have an administrative domain-specific query string generated for or supplied by an administrative domain to produce an updated content log for that domain.

35. The method of claim 9, wherein at least one of the first defined carrier frequency or the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

a reused frequency.

36. A system comprising:

means for acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a first-administered set of motes having a first defined carrier frequency;

means for acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a second-administered set of motes having a second defined carrier frequency; and

multi-mote log creation means for combining at least part of a first content log and at least part of a second content log to form a multi-mote content log.

37. The system of claim 36, wherein said means for acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a first-administered set of motes having a first defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency.

38. The system of claim 37, wherein said means for receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for receiving at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log from at least one aggregation of one or more logs.

39. The system of claim 37, wherein said means for receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for receiving at least a part of a mote-addressed routing/spatial log from at least one aggregation of one or more logs.

40. The system of claim 37, wherein said means for receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for receiving at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log from a multi-mote reporting entity at a mote of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency.

41. The system of claim 37, wherein said means for receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for receiving at least a part of a mote-addressed routing/spatial log from a multi-mote reporting entity at a mote of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency.

42. The system of claim 36, wherein said means for acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a first-administered set of motes having a first defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for receiving at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log from a reporting entity at a mote of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency.

43. The system of claim 36, wherein said means for acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a first-administered set of motes having a first defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for receiving at least a part of a mote-addressed routing/spatial log from a reporting entity at a mote of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency.

44. The system of claim 36, wherein said means for acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a second-administered set of motes having a second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency.

45. The system of claim 36, wherein said multi-mote log creation means comprises means for combining at least part of the first content log having a first time stamp and at least part of the second content log having a second time stamp corresponding to a different time than the first time stamp.

46. The system of claim 36, wherein said multi-mote log creation means comprises means for combining at least part of two or more content logs into a multi-mote content log includes combining at least part of two or more content logs from a single mote corresponding to two or more different times.

47. The system of claim 36, wherein said multi-mote log creation means comprises an aggregating mote of at least one of the first-administered set of motes and the second-administered set of motes.

48. The system of claim 47, wherein said aggregating mote is further configured to transmit said multi-mote log on at least one of the first and second defined carrier frequencies.

49. The system of claim 36, wherein said means for acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a second-administered set of motes having a second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for receiving at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log from a reporting entity at a mote of the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency.

50. The system of claim 36, wherein said means for acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a second-administered set of motes having a second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for receiving at least a part of a mote-addressed routing/spatial log from a reporting entity at a mote of the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency.

51. The system of claim 36, further comprising:

means for creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency.

52. The system of claim 51, wherein said means for creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for creating the federated log from at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency.

53. The system of claim 51, wherein said means for creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for creating the federated log from at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log or a mote-addressed routing/spatial log of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency.

54. The system of claim 51, wherein said means for creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for creating the federated log from at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency.

55. The system of claim 51, wherein said means for creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for creating the federated log from at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log or a mote-addressed routing/spatial log of the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency.

56. The system of claim 51, wherein said means for creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for generating the federated log to have one or more entries noting one or more respective administrative domains of one or more content log entries.

57. The system of claim 51, wherein said means for creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for generating the federated log to have access information to one or more content logs for an administered content log.

58. The system of claim 51, wherein said means for creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for generating the federated log to have information pertaining to a currency of at least one entry of an administered content log.

59. The system of claim 51, wherein said means for creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for generating the federated log to have information pertaining to an expiration of at least one entry of an administered content log.

60. The system of claim 51, wherein said means for creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for generating the federated log to have metadata pertaining to an administrative domain, wherein the metadata includes at least one of an ownership indicator, an access right indicator, a log refresh indicator, or a predefined policy indicator.

61. The system of claim 51, wherein said means for creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for generating the federated log to have an administrative domain-specific query string generated for or supplied by an administrative domain to produce an updated content log for that domain.

62. The system of claim 36, wherein at least one of the first defined carrier frequency or the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

a reused frequency.