HOME SECURITY SYSTEM USING AN AD-HOC WIRELESS MESH AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20090315699A1
• Filed: 07/03/2007
• Published: 12/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tanla Solutions (UK) Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Tanla Solutions (UK) Ltd.
• Inventors: Navnit, Chachan, Satish, Kathirisetti, Reddy, Dasari Uday Kumar
• Application Number:
  US12/307,273
• Publication Number:
  US 20090315699A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/533
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/004 Alarm propagated along alternative communication path or using alternative communication medium according to a hierarchy of available ways to communicate, e.g. if Wi-Fi not available use GSM
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/009 Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/16 Security signalling or alarm systems, e.g. redundant systems
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/3065 for real time traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/125 by balancing the load, e.g. traffic engineering
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/00 Communication routing or communication path finding
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

An automation and security system includes a plurality of communication nodes configuring one or more ad-hoc mesh networks. The communication nodes are operatively coupled with at least one of an automation device and/or a security device. The automation and/or the security device senses the occurrence of a situation and communicates a situation data of the situation in real-time to the communication nodes. The situation data is then dynamically routed over the ad-hoc mesh network to a central monitoring station which then automatically processes the situation data to provide a real-time notification to the end user of the system.

Claims

1. An automation and security system, comprising:

a plurality of communication nodes configuring at least one ad-hoc mesh network, each of the plurality of communication nodes in operative communication with at least one of an automation device and a security device, the plurality of communication nodes being capable of providing a real-time response to a situation data of a situation sensed by the at least one of the automation device and the security device; and

a central monitoring station, the central monitoring station operably communicating with the at least one ad-hoc mesh network;

wherein the at least one ad-hoc mesh network is capable of dynamically routing the situation data to the central monitoring station; and

wherein the central monitoring station is capable of automatically processing the situation data and providing the real-time notification to an end user of an occurrence of the situation.

2. The automation and security system of claim 1, wherein the automation and security system is a site monitoring system.

3. The automation and security system of claim 1, wherein the at least one ad-hoc mesh network is a wireless ad-hoc mesh network.

4. The automation and security system of claim 1, wherein the at least one ad-hoc mesh network is a wired ad-hoc mesh network.

5. The automation and security system of claim 1, wherein the at least one ad-hoc mesh network is a dual mesh network.

6. The automation and security system of claim 5, wherein the dual mesh network comprises a wired ad-hoc mesh network and a wireless ad-hoc mesh network.

7. The automation and security system of claim 1, wherein the at least one ad-hoc mesh network is capable of dynamically routing the situation data by defining an alternate path for routing the situation data to the central monitoring station, in an event of failure of at least one of the plurality of communication nodes.

8. The automation and security system of claim 1, wherein the at least one ad-hoc mesh network is further capable of

determining a newly-added communication node,

integrating the newly added communication node into the at least one ad-hoc mesh network, and

updating existing routes for dynamically routing the situation data to the central monitoring station.

9. The automation and security system of claim 1, wherein the central monitoring station provides the real-time notification of the occurrence of the situation to the end user using at least one of a short message service, a multimedia message service, a video clip, a phone call, a text message and a world wide web.

10. The automation and security system of claim 1, wherein the central monitoring station is further capable of generating a control data and dynamically routing the control data over the at least one ad-hoc mesh network to the at least one of the automation device and the security device.

11. The automation and security system of claim 10, wherein the central monitoring station is further capable of processing an instruction received from the end user and generating the control data based on the instruction received from the end user.

12. The automation and security system of claim 10, wherein the central monitoring station is capable of generating the control data based on an occurrence of at least one predefined situation.

13. The automation and security system of claim 10, wherein the at least one of the automation device and the security device is capable of responding on receiving the control data.

14. The automation and security system of claim 1, wherein the at least one ad-hoc mesh network further comprises a plurality of aggregator nodes operatively coupled with the plurality of communication nodes, the plurality of aggregator nodes serving to gather the situation data from the plurality of communication nodes and relaying the situation data to the central monitoring station.

15. The automation and security system of claim 1, wherein the security device is one of a motion sensor, a gas sensor, a smoke sensor, a vibration sensor, an impact sensor, a pollution sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a rainfall sensor, a water quality sensor and an air quality sensor.

16. The automation and security system of claim 1, wherein the automation device is one of a utility meter, a phone controller, a media controller, a utility cutoff control, an air conditioning control, a motor control and a lighting control.

17. An automated site security system, comprising:

a plurality of communication nodes configuring at least one ad-hoc mesh network, each of the plurality of communication nodes in operative communication with a security device, the plurality of communication nodes being capable of providing a real-time response to an alert data of an alert situation sensed by the at least one security device; and

a central monitoring station, the central monitoring station operably communicating with the at least one ad-hoc mesh network;

wherein the at least one ad-hoc mesh network is capable of dynamically routing the alert data to the central monitoring station; and

wherein the central monitoring station is capable of automatically processing the alert data and providing a real-time notification to an end user of an occurrence of the alert situation.

18. The automated site security system of claim 17, wherein the at least one ad-hoc mesh network is a wireless ad-hoc mesh network.

19. The automated site security system of claim 17, wherein the at least one ad-hoc mesh network is a wired ad-hoc mesh network.

20. The automated site security system of claim 17, wherein the at least one ad-hoc mesh network is a dual mesh network.

21. The automated site security system of claim 20, wherein the dual mesh network comprises a wired ad-hoc mesh network and a wireless ad-hoc mesh network.

22. The automated site security system of claim 17, wherein the at least one ad-hoc mesh network is capable of dynamically routing the alert data by defining an alternate path for routing the alert data to the central monitoring station, in an event of failure of at least one of the plurality of communication nodes.

23. The automated site security system of claim 17, wherein the at least one ad-hoc mesh network is further capable of

determining a newly-added communication node,

integrating the newly added communication node into the at least one ad-hoc mesh network, and

updating existing routes for dynamically routing the alert data to the central monitoring station.

24. The automated site security system of claim 17, wherein the central monitoring station provides an real-time notification of the occurrence of the alert situation to the end user using at least one of a short message service, a multimedia message service, a video clip, a phone call, a text message and a world wide web.

25. The automated site security system of claim 17, wherein the central monitoring station is further capable of generating a control data and dynamically routing the control data over the at least one ad-hoc mesh network to the security device.

26. The automated site security system of claim 25, wherein the central monitoring station is further capable of processing an instruction received from the end user and generating the control data based on the instruction received from the end user.

27. The automated site security system of claim 25, wherein the central monitoring station is capable of generating the control data based on an occurrence of at least one predefined situation.

28. The automated site security system of claim 25, wherein the security device is capable of responding on receiving the control data.

29. The automated site security system of claim 17, wherein the at least one ad-hoc mesh network further comprises a plurality of aggregator nodes operatively coupled with the plurality of communication nodes, the plurality of aggregator nodes serving to gather the alert data from the plurality of communication nodes and relaying the alert data to the central monitoring station.

30. The automated site security system of claim 17, wherein the security device is one of a motion sensor, a gas sensor, a smoke sensor, a vibration sensor, an impact sensor, a pollution sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a rainfall sensor, a water quality sensor and an air quality sensor.

31. An automation and security system, comprising:

a plurality of communication nodes configuring at least one ad-hoc mesh network, wherein at least some of the plurality of communication nodes is in operative communication with at least one of an automation device and a security device, the plurality of communication nodes being capable of providing a real-time response to a situation data of a situation sensed by the at least one of the automation device and the security device; and

a central monitoring station, the central monitoring station operably communicating with the at least one ad-hoc mesh network;

wherein the at least one ad-hoc mesh network is capable of dynamically routing the situation data to the central monitoring station; and

wherein the central monitoring station is capable of automatically processing the situation data and providing a real-time notification to an end user of an occurrence of the situation.

32. The automation and security system of claim 31, wherein the automation and security system is a site monitoring system.

33. The automation and security system of claim 31, wherein the at least one ad-hoc mesh network is a wireless ad-hoc mesh network.

34. The automation and security system of claim 31, wherein the at least one ad-hoc mesh network is a wired ad-hoc mesh network.

35. The automation and security system of claim 31, wherein the at least one ad-hoc mesh network is a dual mesh network.

36. The automation and security system of claim 35, wherein the dual mesh network comprises a wired ad-hoc mesh network and a wireless ad-hoc mesh network.

37. The automation and security system of claim 31, wherein the at least one ad-hoc mesh network is capable of dynamically routing the situation data by defining an alternate path for routing the situation data to the central monitoring station, in an event of failure of at least one of the plurality of communication nodes.

38. The automation and security system of claim 31, wherein the at least one ad-hoc mesh network is further capable of:

determining a newly-added communication node,

integrating the newly added communication node into the at least one ad-hoc mesh network, and

updating existing routes for dynamically routing the situation data to the central monitoring station.

39. The automation and security system of claim 31, wherein the central monitoring station provides the real-time notification of the occurrence of the situation to the end user using at least one of a short message service, a multimedia message service, a video clip, a phone call, a text message and a world wide web.

40. The automation and security system of claim 31, wherein the central monitoring station is further capable of generating a control data and dynamically routing the control data over the at least one ad-hoc mesh network to the at least one of the automation device and the security device.

41. The automation and security system of claim 40, wherein the central monitoring station is further capable of processing an instruction received from the end user and generating the control data based on the instruction received from the end user.

42. The automation and security system of claim 40, wherein the central monitoring station is capable of generating the control data based on an occurrence of at least one predefined situation.

43. The automation and security system of claim 40, wherein the at least one of the automation device and the security device is capable of responding on receiving the control data.

44. The automation and security system of claim 31, wherein the remaining communication nodes of the plurality of communication nodes are capable of

gathering the situation data from the at least some of the plurality of communication nodes in operative communication with the at least one the automation and the security device, and

relaying the situation data to the central monitoring station.

45. The automation and security system of claim 31, wherein the security device is one of a motion sensor, a gas sensor, a smoke sensor, a vibration sensor, an impact sensor, a pollution sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a rainfall sensor, a water quality sensor and an air quality sensor.

46. The automation and security system of claim 31, wherein the automation device is one of a utility meter, a phone controller, a media controller, a utility cutoff control, an air conditioning control, a motor control and a lighting control.

47. A method for providing an automatic real-time notification of a situation to an end user of an automation and security system, the method comprising:

sensing a situation and sending a situation data, wherein the sensing is performed by at least one of an automation device and a security device;

dynamically routing the situation data to a central monitoring station over at least one ad-hoc mesh network configured by a plurality of communication nodes, each of the plurality of communication nodes operably communicating with the at least one of the automation device and the security device for receiving the situation data; and

providing the automatic real-time notification to the end user of an occurrence of the situation, wherein the automatic real-time notification is provided by the central monitoring station on receiving the situation data from the at least one ad-hoc mesh network.

48. The method of claim 47, wherein the at least one ad-hoc mesh network is a wireless ad-hoc mesh network.

49. The method of claim 47, wherein the at least one ad-hoc mesh network is a wired ad-hoc mesh network.

50. The method of claim 47, wherein the at least one ad-hoc mesh network is a dual mesh network.

51. The method of claim 50, wherein the dual mesh network comprises a wired ad-hoc mesh network and a wireless ad-hoc mesh network.

52. The method of claim 47, wherein the at least one ad-hoc mesh network dynamically routes the situation data by defining an alternate path for routing the situation data to the central monitoring station, in an event of failure of at least one of the plurality of communication nodes.

53. The method of claim 47, wherein the at least one ad-hoc mesh network further performs dynamic routing by

determining a newly-added communication node,

integrating the newly added communication node into the at least one ad-hoc mesh network, and

updating existing routes for dynamic routing of the situation data to the central monitoring station.

54. The method of claim 47, wherein the central monitoring station provides the automatic real-time notification of the occurrence of the situation to the end user using at least one of a short message service, a multimedia message service, a video clip, a phone call, a text message and a world wide web.

55. The method of claim 47, wherein the at least one ad-hoc mesh network further comprises a plurality of aggregator nodes operatively coupled with the plurality of communication nodes, the plurality of aggregator nodes serving to gather the situation data from the plurality of communication nodes and relaying the situation data to the central monitoring station.

56. The method of claim 47, further comprising generating a control data by the central monitoring station and dynamically routing the control data over the at least one ad-hoc mesh network to the at least one of the automation device and the security device.

57. The method of claim 56, further comprising receiving an instruction at the central monitoring station from the end user and generating the control data by the central monitoring station based on the instruction received from the end user.

58. The method of claim 56, further comprising generating the control data by the central monitoring station on an occurrence of at least one predefined situation.