Method of measuring integrity of wireless signalling systems
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1. A method of providing a measure of system integrity and robustness to link failure for use with a wireless signalling system, said wireless signaling system including a plurality of wireless devices arranged in a network, the method comprising:
- calculating a total number of unique communication routes available for message transfer between an initiating device and a target device within the wireless signaling system;
calculating the measure of system integrity based on the total number of unique communication routes available; and
representing the measure of system integrity to a user;
wherein unique routes are non-converging through intermediate devices between the initiating device and target device within the wireless signaling system, are defined by message source and have a signal strength above a minimum threshold,wherein the message source identifies the initiating device or one of the intermediate devices in the wireless signaling system, andwherein the signal strength data is derived from the received signal strength between the receiving device and the message source,wherein the receiving device is one of the intermediate devices; and
wherein as the total number of unique communication routes increases, the measure of system integrity and robustness to link failure increases.
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Abstract
A method of measuring system integrity and robustness to link failure for use with a wireless signaling system is described. The measuring system can calculate the number of unique communication routs available for message transfer between an initiating device and a target device wherein unique routes are non-converging and defined by message source and signal strength data derived from a plurality of system devices.
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1. A method of providing a measure of system integrity and robustness to link failure for use with a wireless signalling system, said wireless signaling system including a plurality of wireless devices arranged in a network, the method comprising:
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calculating a total number of unique communication routes available for message transfer between an initiating device and a target device within the wireless signaling system; calculating the measure of system integrity based on the total number of unique communication routes available; and representing the measure of system integrity to a user; wherein unique routes are non-converging through intermediate devices between the initiating device and target device within the wireless signaling system, are defined by message source and have a signal strength above a minimum threshold, wherein the message source identifies the initiating device or one of the intermediate devices in the wireless signaling system, and wherein the signal strength data is derived from the received signal strength between the receiving device and the message source, wherein the receiving device is one of the intermediate devices; and wherein as the total number of unique communication routes increases, the measure of system integrity and robustness to link failure increases. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of providing a measure of system integrity and robustness to link failure for use with a wireless signalling system, said wireless signaling system including a plurality of wireless devices arranged in a network having an initiating device and a target device and a plurality of intermediate devices therebetween, the method comprising:
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sending a signal comprising a message from an initiating device; listening by a plurality of intermediate devices for a message being sent, each intermediate device configured and arranged to resend the message; wherein each intermediate device receiving a message is configured to perform the following steps; i) determining if the message was sent by a device other than the target device; ii) determining is the message sent was directly from the initiating device; iii) determining if signal strength of the received signal is above a re-rout threshold; iv) storing identification data of a sending device in the intermediate device based on the resolution of steps (i)-(iii) provided the signal strength is above the re-rout threshold; sending all intermediate device stored identification data to the target device; collating the identification data; calculating the total number of unique routes based on the identification data; calculating the measure of system integrity based on the total number of unique communication routes available, wherein as the total number of unique communication routes increase, the measure of system integrity and robustness to link failure increases; and representing the measure of system integrity to a user. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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