Lamp monitoring and control system and method
First Claim
1. A base station for monitoring a plurality of lamps by receiving RF monitoring data having an ID field and a status field, comprising:
- an RX antenna system for receiving the RF monitoring data;
a receiving system front end, coupled to said RX antenna system, for receiving the RF monitoring data and outputting received RF monitoring data;
a multi-port splitter, coupled to said receiving system front end, for receiving the received RF monitoring data and outputting split RF monitoring data;
a plurality of RX modems, coupled to said multi-port splitter, each for receiving and demodulating the split RF monitoring data and outputting a received data signal;
a computing system, coupled to said plurality of RX modems, for receiving the received data signal from each of said plurality of RX modems; and
an ID and status processing unit, within said computing system, for processing the ID field of the received data signal.
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Abstract
A system and method for remotely monitoring and/or controlling an apparatus and specifically for remotely monitoring and/or controlling street lamps. The lamp monitoring and control system comprises lamp monitoring and control units, each coupled to a respective lamp to monitor and control, and each transmitting monitoring data having at least an ID field and a status field; and at least one base station, coupled to a group of the lamp monitoring and control units, for receiving the monitoring data, wherein each of the base stations includes an ID and status processing unit for processing the ID field of the monitoring data.
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20 Claims
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1. A base station for monitoring a plurality of lamps by receiving RF monitoring data having an ID field and a status field, comprising:
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an RX antenna system for receiving the RF monitoring data;
a receiving system front end, coupled to said RX antenna system, for receiving the RF monitoring data and outputting received RF monitoring data;
a multi-port splitter, coupled to said receiving system front end, for receiving the received RF monitoring data and outputting split RF monitoring data;
a plurality of RX modems, coupled to said multi-port splitter, each for receiving and demodulating the split RF monitoring data and outputting a received data signal;
a computing system, coupled to said plurality of RX modems, for receiving the received data signal from each of said plurality of RX modems; and
an ID and status processing unit, within said computing system, for processing the ID field of the received data signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14)
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9. A method of making a base station for monitoring a plurality of lamps by receiving RF monitoring data having an ID field and a status field, comprising the steps of:
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providing an RX antenna system for receiving the RF monitoring data and outputting a received RF monitoring data;
coupling a multi-port splitter to said receiving system front end, for receiving the received RF monitoring data and outputting split RF monitoring data;
further coupling a plurality of RX modems to said multi-port splitter, each for receiving and demodulating the split RF monitoring data and outputting a received data signal;
further providing a computing system, coupled to said plurality of RX modems, for receiving the received data signal from each of said plurality of RX modems; and
arranging an ID and status processing unit, within said computing system, for processing the ID field of the received data signal. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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10. A base station for receiving monitoring data from a plurality of lamps monitored and controlled by a lamp monitoring and control system, the monitoring data having an ID field and a status field, the base station comprising:
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a signal receiver, to receive monitoring data;
a multi-port splitter, to split the received monitoring data; and
a processing unit, to process the received monitoring data, wherein the ID field indicates a particular lamp of the plurality of lamps to which the monitoring data corresponds. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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