Method for robust wireless monitoring and tracking of solar trackers in commercial solar power plants
First Claim
1. A method of wireless communication, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a plurality of trackers disposed within a circular outer boundary;
providing a final destination data collector centrally located within the circular outer boundary;
grouping the plurality of trackers into a plurality of pie-shaped sectors, each of said pie-shaped sectors being defined between the circular outer boundary and two corresponding imaginary and radially-oriented borders;
grouping the plurality of trackers in one of the pie-shaped sectors into a plurality of parallel and radially-oriented lines of trackers, a first of the plurality of parallel and radially-oriented lines of trackers being disposed along a first of the imaginary and radially-oriented borders, each of the other lines of the plurality of parallel and radially-oriented lines of trackers extending from the circular outer boundary to a second of the imaginary and radially-oriented borders;
performing radial sweeping within each of the plurality of parallel and radially-oriented lines of trackers in said one of the pie-shaped sectors, the radial sweeping including passing data in directions away from the circular outer boundary to a plurality of end trackers disposed along the second of the imaginary and radially-oriented borders; and
passing the data along the plurality of end trackers to the final destination data collector.
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Abstract
A method of wireless communication includes providing a matrix of trackers. The matrix includes rows and columns of trackers. A number of rows and a number of columns in the matrix is determined. If the number of rows is substantially greater than the number of columns, then vertical sweeping is performed including passing data along each of the columns of trackers to an end tracker in each column. If the number of rows is substantially less than the number of columns, then horizontal sweeping is performed including passing data along each of the rows of trackers to an end tracker in each row. If the number of rows is substantially equal to the number of columns, then diagonal sweeping is performed including passing data diagonally across each of the rows and columns of trackers to an end tracker in each row and each column. The data is passed along the end trackers to a final destination data collector.
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6 Claims
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1. A method of wireless communication, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of trackers disposed within a circular outer boundary; providing a final destination data collector centrally located within the circular outer boundary; grouping the plurality of trackers into a plurality of pie-shaped sectors, each of said pie-shaped sectors being defined between the circular outer boundary and two corresponding imaginary and radially-oriented borders; grouping the plurality of trackers in one of the pie-shaped sectors into a plurality of parallel and radially-oriented lines of trackers, a first of the plurality of parallel and radially-oriented lines of trackers being disposed along a first of the imaginary and radially-oriented borders, each of the other lines of the plurality of parallel and radially-oriented lines of trackers extending from the circular outer boundary to a second of the imaginary and radially-oriented borders; performing radial sweeping within each of the plurality of parallel and radially-oriented lines of trackers in said one of the pie-shaped sectors, the radial sweeping including passing data in directions away from the circular outer boundary to a plurality of end trackers disposed along the second of the imaginary and radially-oriented borders; and passing the data along the plurality of end trackers to the final destination data collector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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