System for combining wireless sensor networks and method thereof

• US 10,498,555 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2018
• Issued: 12/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ambit Microsystems Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Ambit Microsystems Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Chao, Yen-Cheng
• Primary Examiner(s): O Connor, Brian T
• Application Number:
  US15/919,417
• Publication Number:
  US 20190288876A1
• Time in Patent Office: 630 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/02 Topology update or discovery
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/04 Interdomain routing, e.g. hierarchical routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/106 across networks, e.g. mapping telephone numbers to data network addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/14 Multichannel or multilink protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A system for combining wireless sensor networks includes a first sink transmitting a request to combine (RTC) and first routing-information. First nodes propagate data and instructions in a first wireless sensor network. The first nodes broadcast the RTC when the first nodes are boundary nodes. The first routing-information are established based on first transmission paths between the first sink and the first nodes. A second sink receives the RTC and the first routing-information from the first sink. The second sink transmits second routing-information to the first sink. The second routing-information are established based on second transmission paths between the second sink and the second nodes. The second node relays the RTC to the second sink according to a flag in a packet of the RTC. The first wireless sensor network combines with the second wireless sensor network to exchange the first routing-information and the second routing-information.

Claims

1. A combination system of wireless sensor network, comprising:

a first wireless sensor network, comprising;

a first sink transmitting request to combine and first routing-information; and

;

first nodes relaying data and instructions in the first wireless sensor network, the first nodes broadcasting the request to combine when the first nodes are boundary nodes, wherein the first routing-information are established based on first transmission paths between the first sink and the first nodes;

a second wireless sensor network, comprising;

a second sink receiving the request to combine and obtaining the first routing-information from the first sink according to the request to combine; and

second nodes relaying the data and instructions in the second wireless sensor network, and wherein second routing-information are established based on second transmission paths between the second sink and the second nodes, wherein the second nodes receive request to combine and determine whether the request to combine be relayed to the second sink according to a flag of the request to combine; and

the first sink and the second sink communicate with each other according to the first routing-information and the second routing-information.

2. The combination system of wireless sensor network as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flag indicates types of instructions, the types of the instructions comprise instructions from the same wireless sensor network, instructions from different wireless sensor networks and the request to combine.

3. The combination system of wireless sensor network as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first sink and the second sink exchange the first routing-information and the second routing-information through internet when the first sink and the second sink are connected to the internet;

and

the first sink and the second sink exchange the first routing-information and the second routing-information by the boundary node when the first sink and the second sink are not connected to the internet.

4. The combination system of wireless sensor network as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first wireless sensor network further comprises a first base station connected to the first sink by wireless communication, and wherein the first sink communicates with the second nodes in the second wireless sensor network according to the second routing-information.

5. The combination system of wireless sensor network as claimed in claim 4, wherein the second wireless sensor network further comprises the second base station connected to the second sink by wireless communication, and wherein the second sink communicates with the first nodes in the first wireless sensor network according to the first routing-information.

6. The combination system of wireless sensor network as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first nodes broadcast the request to combine only when the first nodes are boundary nodes.

7. A combination method of wireless sensor network, comprising:

obtaining first routing-information by first transmission paths between a first sink and first nodes;

obtaining second routing-information by second transmission paths between a second sink and second nodes;

transmitting a request to combine by the first sink;

relaying data and instructions in a first wireless sensor network by the first sink;

broadcasting the request to combine by boundary nodes in the first wireless sensor network;

receiving request to combine and determining whether the request to combine be relayed to the second sink by the second nodes according to a flag of the request to combine;

receiving the request to combine by the second sink and transmitting the second routing-information to the first sink;

transmitting the first routing-information to the second sink by the first sink; and

establishing combination paths between the first sink and the second sink according to the first routing-information and the second routing-information.

8. The combination method of wireless sensor network as claimed in claim 7, wherein the flag indicates types of instructions, the types of instructions comprise instructions from the same wireless sensor network, instructions from different wireless sensor networks and the request to combine.

9. The combination method of wireless sensor network as claimed in claim 7, wherein

the first sink and the second sink exchange the first routing-information and the second routing-information through the internet when the first sink and the second sink are connected to the internet;

and

the first sink and the second sink exchange the first routing-information and the second routing-information by the boundary node when the first sink and the second sink are not connected to the internet.

10. The combination method of wireless sensor network as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first wireless sensor network further comprises a first base station connected to the first sink by wireless communication, and wherein the first sink communicates with the second nodes in the second wireless sensor network according to the second routing-information.

11. The combination method of wireless sensor network as claimed in claim 7, wherein the second wireless sensor network further comprises the second base station connected to the second sink by wireless communication, and wherein the second sink communicates with the first nodes in the first wireless sensor network according to the first routing-information.

12. The combination method of wireless sensor network as claimed in claim 7, wherein broadcast the request to combine only by boundary nodes in the first wireless sensor network.