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Fault reporting tag for mesh access points

  • US 7,843,807 B2
  • Filed: 03/21/2007
  • Issued: 11/30/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag comprising:

  • one or more processors;

    a memory;

    a wireless network interface; and

    an RFID tag application, physically stored in the memory, comprising instructions operable to cause the one or more processors to;

    receive data from a wireless access point;

    detect one or more access point failures;

    generate, responsive to one or more detected failures, a fault report; and

    transmit one or more wireless fault report messages including the fault report,wherein an access point failure is detected by detecting heartbeat messages from the wireless access point;

    if the heartbeat messages are not detected for a threshold time period, determining whether the wireless access point is rebooting; and

    if the wireless mesh access point is not re-booting, transmitting the one or more fault report messages.

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