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Wireless architecture and support for process control systems

  • US 9,264,973 B2
  • Filed: 02/28/2012
  • Issued: 02/16/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A wireless communication network disposed in a process control system, the wireless communication network comprising:

  • a communication node implementing wireless communications within the wireless communication network;

    a host including a display, the host communicatively coupled to the communication node; and

    a measuring device communicatively coupled to the host device through the communication node, the measuring device measuring one or more environmental parameters of the physical environment in which the wireless communication network operates, which environmental parameters may affect the quality of the wireless communications within the wireless communication network,wherein the host determines one or more operational characteristics indicative of the quality of the wireless communications within the wireless communication network that may be affected by the one or more measured environmental parameters, andwherein the host displays the one or more operational characteristics on the display.

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