Method for repeating interrogations until failing to receive unintelligible responses to identify plurality of transponders by an interrogator
First Claim
1. A method of identifying a multitude of transponders within a given interrogation field of an RF-ID system comprising the steps of:
- transmitting a first series of powering interrogation pulses comprised of addresses for enabling the transponders, wherein said transponders have unique identification codes and have an address assimilated from at least one bit of said identification code and respond if said address matches said address transmitted from an interrogator;
listening for responses from said transponders and upon receipt of unintelligible responses at some addresses, then storing said addresses in said memory;
transmitting a second series of powering interrogation pulses comprised of addresses wherein said addresses comprise a concatenation of a mask and a sub-address, and said mask comprises one of said stored addresses and said sub-address comprises a successive series of addresses;
listening for responses from said transponders and upon receipt of unintelligible responses at some addresses comprised of said concatenation of said mask and sub-address, then storing said addresses comprised of a concatenation of said mask and sub-addresses in said memory; and
wherein said steps of listening for responses and receipt of unintelligible responses at some address and storing said concatenation of said mask and sub-address which comprise said address and said step of transmission of a series of interrogation pulses comprised of addresses wherein said addresses comprises a concatenation of said mask and sub-address wherein said mask comprises one of said stored addresses and said sub-address comprises a successive series of addresses repeats until the interrogator fails to receive an unintelligible response.
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Abstract
A novel addressing scheme for an RF-ID system or LAN network is presented in which an interrogator(reader) addresses a set of transponders, each transponder in this set having a common addressing scheme, and the addressed transponders respond only upon the matching of their own address with the received addressing scheme. The addressing scheme comprises a fixed size sub-address and a variable size mask. For example, assuming that the transponder address is 32 bits, the implementation of the addressing scheme can choose 4 bits for the size of the sub-address and 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28 bits for the size of the mask. By varying the addressing scheme according to the algorithm in FIG. 4, the reader will in time interrogate all the transponders individually, thus receiving their unique address and achieving the requested exhaustive inventory.
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1. A method of identifying a multitude of transponders within a given interrogation field of an RF-ID system comprising the steps of:
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transmitting a first series of powering interrogation pulses comprised of addresses for enabling the transponders, wherein said transponders have unique identification codes and have an address assimilated from at least one bit of said identification code and respond if said address matches said address transmitted from an interrogator; listening for responses from said transponders and upon receipt of unintelligible responses at some addresses, then storing said addresses in said memory; transmitting a second series of powering interrogation pulses comprised of addresses wherein said addresses comprise a concatenation of a mask and a sub-address, and said mask comprises one of said stored addresses and said sub-address comprises a successive series of addresses; listening for responses from said transponders and upon receipt of unintelligible responses at some addresses comprised of said concatenation of said mask and sub-address, then storing said addresses comprised of a concatenation of said mask and sub-addresses in said memory; and wherein said steps of listening for responses and receipt of unintelligible responses at some address and storing said concatenation of said mask and sub-address which comprise said address and said step of transmission of a series of interrogation pulses comprised of addresses wherein said addresses comprises a concatenation of said mask and sub-address wherein said mask comprises one of said stored addresses and said sub-address comprises a successive series of addresses repeats until the interrogator fails to receive an unintelligible response. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of identifying a multitude of transponders within a given interrogation field of an RF-ID system comprising the steps of:
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transmitting a powering interrogation pulse and addresses within an interrogation field to transponders within said field for enabling the transponders, wherein said transponders have unique identification codes and have an address assimilated from at least one bit of said identification code and respond if said address matches said address transmitted from an interrogator; listening for responses from said transponders and upon receipt of an unintelligible response, transmitting a command instructing said transponders in said field as yet unidentified to use as a sub-address a different set of bits within said identification code; transmitting a powering interrogation pulse and a successive series of addresses within an interrogation field to transponders within said field for enabling the transponders; listening for responses from said transponders wherein said transponders respond upon receipt of said address from said interrogator which matches said transponder'"'"'s sub-address, and; wherein said listening for responses and receipt of unintelligible responses and transmission of said command instructing said transponders in said field as yet unidentified to use as a sub-address a different set of bits within said identification code than previously used and transmission of a successive series of addresses repeats until the interrogator fails to receive an unintelligible response. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of identifying a multitude of remote units within a given network in a data information transfer system comprising the steps of:
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polling said network comprised of a command center and remote stations with a particular address of at least one station, wherein said stations have unique identification codes and have an address assimilated from at least one bit of said identification code and respond if said address matches said address transmitted from said command center; receiving an unintelligible response indicative of more than one station having said particular address; transmitting a command instructing said stations on said network as yet unidentified to use as a sub-address a different set of bits within said identification code; transmitting a successive series of addresses; polling for responses from said stations wherein said stations respond upon receipt of said address from said command center which matches said station'"'"'s sub-address; wherein said polling for responses and receipt of unintelligible responses and transmission of said command instructing said stations in said field as yet unidentified to use as a sub-address a different set of bits within said identification code than previously used and transmission of a successive series of addresses repeats until the command center fails to receive an unintelligible response. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of identifying a multitude of remote units within a given network in a data information transfer system comprising the steps of:
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polling said network comprised of a command center and remote stations with a particular address of at least one station, wherein said stations have unique identification codes and have an address assimilated from at least one bit of said identification code and respond if said address matches said address transmitted from said command center; listening for responses from said stations and upon receipt of unintelligible responses at some addresses, then storing said addresses in said memory; transmitting a second series of polls pulses comprised of addresses wherein said addresses comprise a concatenation of a mask and a sub-address, and said mask comprises one of said stored addresses and said sub-address comprises a successive series of addresses; listening for responses from said stations and upon receipt of unintelligible responses at some addresses comprised of said concatenation of said mask and sub-address, then storing said addresses comprised of a concatenation of said mask and sub-addresses in said memory; and wherein said steps of listening for responses and receipt of unintelligible responses at some address and storing said concatenation of said mask and sub-address which comprise said address and said step of transmission of a series of interrogation pulses comprised of addresses wherein said addresses comprises a concatenation of said mask and sub-address wherein said mask comprises one of said stored addresses and said sub-address comprises a successive series of addresses repeats until the command center fails to receive an unintelligible response. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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Specification