System and method for enabling a wireless sensor network by mote communication
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1. A wireless sensor network, comprising:
- a plurality of motes, each mote having an environmental sensor and a wireless communication system for communicating with neighboring motes, wherein each mote includes a join system to allow a mote to transmit a join signal to neighboring motes and a gather system to transmit a gather signal to neighboring motes in response to receiving a join signal from another mote, the join system and the gather system configured to gather at least one of the neighboring motes into a network with the mote;
a distributed routing table distributed amongst each of the plurality of motes, the distributed routing table including information about communication paths between the plurality of motes; and
an update system for periodically updating the distributed routing table based upon a modification to at least one of the communication paths.
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Abstract
A system and method for implementing a wireless sensor network. The system comprises a plurality of motes, each mote having a sensor and a wireless communication system for communicating with neighboring motes; a distributed routing table distributed amongst each of the plurality of motes; and an update system for periodically updating the distributed routing table.
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16 Claims
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1. A wireless sensor network, comprising:
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a plurality of motes, each mote having an environmental sensor and a wireless communication system for communicating with neighboring motes, wherein each mote includes a join system to allow a mote to transmit a join signal to neighboring motes and a gather system to transmit a gather signal to neighboring motes in response to receiving a join signal from another mote, the join system and the gather system configured to gather at least one of the neighboring motes into a network with the mote; a distributed routing table distributed amongst each of the plurality of motes, the distributed routing table including information about communication paths between the plurality of motes; and an update system for periodically updating the distributed routing table based upon a modification to at least one of the communication paths. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A mote for use in a sensor network, comprising:
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a sensor for sensing environmental data; a communication system for communicating with neighboring motes in a network of motes; a join and gather system for establishing the mote in the network of motes; a routing table that ranks a set of paths from the mote back to an endpoint based upon at least one of;
a statistical measurement of distance between the mote and the endpoint, an estimated path loss between the mote and the endpoint, an estimated data rate supported between the mote and the endpoint, and an estimated transmit power between the mote and the endpoint; andan update system for periodically updating the routing table. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for enabling a wireless network having a plurality of devices, each device having a wireless communication system for communicating with neighboring devices, comprising the steps of:
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broadcasting a join command from each device and a gather command from an endpoint; joining devices that neighbor the endpoint with the endpoint in a network; broadcasting a transitory gather signal from each device that joined the endpoint to cause additional devices to join the network; and broadcasting a transitory gather signal from each additional device that joined the network to cause further additional devices to join the network.
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