Remote monitoring and control system
DCFirst Claim
1. A communication system that provides communication of information related to a local parameter within a target zone, between an end user device located in the target zone and an end user, comprising:
- a. the end user device within the target zone, comprising an actuator adapted to interact with the local parameter within the target zone, and a low-power-consumption communicator that has a unique communication address and is adapted to communicate with the actuator and adapted to communicate outside of the target zone using a wireless protocol, wherein the low-power-consumption communicator of the end user device employs a ZigBee protocol to communicate outside of the target zone,b. a communication node mounted on an upper part of a street light pole adjacent the target zone and drawing electric power from the street light pole, and adapted to communicate with the low-power consumption communicator of the end user device using the wireless protocol, and adapted to communicate with the end user, the communication node including a watchdog function that monitors an operation of the communication node and resets the communication node if the communication node malfunctions, and the communication node providing photo control to a street light coupled to the street light pole to turn the street light on during darkness, andc. the end user adapted to communicate the information with the communication node and thereby communicate the information with the end user device.
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Abstract
A communication system that provides communication of information between an end user device and a remote end user. The system includes a communication node mounted on the upper part of a utility pole, and drawing its power from the utility pole through a standard NEMA Locking 3 Pole Receptacle, and adapted to communicate with a nearby user device using the low-power communication protocol, such as the ZigBee protocol (ANSI IEEE 802.15.4) or Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) technology, and also adapted to communicate with a neighborhood mesh network of nodes mounted on utility poles. The neighborhood mesh network is capable of communicating, through a regional computer network, with the remote end user.
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1. A communication system that provides communication of information related to a local parameter within a target zone, between an end user device located in the target zone and an end user, comprising:
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a. the end user device within the target zone, comprising an actuator adapted to interact with the local parameter within the target zone, and a low-power-consumption communicator that has a unique communication address and is adapted to communicate with the actuator and adapted to communicate outside of the target zone using a wireless protocol, wherein the low-power-consumption communicator of the end user device employs a ZigBee protocol to communicate outside of the target zone, b. a communication node mounted on an upper part of a street light pole adjacent the target zone and drawing electric power from the street light pole, and adapted to communicate with the low-power consumption communicator of the end user device using the wireless protocol, and adapted to communicate with the end user, the communication node including a watchdog function that monitors an operation of the communication node and resets the communication node if the communication node malfunctions, and the communication node providing photo control to a street light coupled to the street light pole to turn the street light on during darkness, and c. the end user adapted to communicate the information with the communication node and thereby communicate the information with the end user device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A communication system that provides communication of information related to a local parameter within a target zone, between an end user device located in the target zone and an end user, comprising:
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a. the end user device within the target zone, comprising an actuator adapted to interact with the local parameter within the target zone and a low-power-consumption communicator that has a unique communication address and is adapted to communicate with the actuator and adapted to communicate outside of the target zone using a wireless protocol, wherein the low-power-consumption communicator of the end user device employs a ZigBee protocol to communicate outside of the target zone, b. a communication node mounted on an upper part of a street light pole adjacent the target zone and drawing electric power from the street light pole, and adapted to communicate with low-power-consumption communicator of the end user device using the wireless protocol, the communication node including a watchdog function that monitors an operation of the communication node and resets the communication node if the communication node malfunctions, and the communication node providing photo control to a street light coupled to the street light pole to turn the street light on during darkness, c. a neighborhood mesh network comprising a plurality of network nodes, at least one of which is the communication node, each network node being adapted to communicate with a plurality of other network nodes on the neighborhood mesh network and located with a geographic neighborhood, d. a data collector that is one of the plurality of network nodes, and that is adapted to communicate the information with the neighborhood mesh network and thereby with the communication node, and to communicate the information with the end user, and e. the end user adapted to communicate the information with the end user device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A communication system that provides communication of information related to a local parameter within a target zone, between an end user device located in the target zone and an end user, comprising:
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a. the end user device within the target zone, comprising an actuator adapted to interact with the local parameter within the target zone, and a low-power-consumption communicator that has a unique communication address and is adapted to communicate information with the actuator, and adapted to communicate information outside of the target zone using a wireless protocol, wherein the low-power-consumption communicator of the end user device employs a ZigBee protocol to communicate outside of the target zone, b. a communication node mounted on an upper part of a street light pole adjacent the target zone and drawing electric power from the street light pole, and adapted to communicate with the end user device communicator using the wireless protocol, the communication node including a watchdog function that monitors an operation of the communication node and resets the communication node if the communication node malfunctions, and the communication node providing photo control to a street light coupled to the street light pole to turn the street light on during darkness, c. a neighborhood mesh network comprising a plurality of network nodes, at least one of which is the communication node, each network node being adapted to communicate with a plurality of other network nodes on the neighborhood mesh network and located with a geographic neighborhood, d. a data collector that is one of the plurality of network nodes, and that is adapted to communicate the information with the neighborhood mesh network and thereby with the communication node, and to communicate the information with the end user, e. another neighborhood mesh network adapted to provide an alternative path between the end user device and the end user whenever the neighborhood mesh network fails to provide a path between the end user device and the end user, and f. the end user adapted to communicate the information with the end user device. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A communication system that provides communication of information related to a local parameter within a target zone, between an end user device located in the target zone and an end user, comprising:
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a. the end user device within the target zone, comprising an actuator adapted to interact with the local parameter within the target zone, and a low-power-consumption communicator, that has a unique communication address, and is adapted to communicate with the actuator, and adapted to communicate outside of the target zone using a wireless protocol, wherein the low-power-consumption communicator of the end user device employs a ZigBee protocol to communicate outside of the target zone, b. a communication node mounted on an upper part of a street light pole adjacent the target zone and drawing electric power from the street light pole, and adapted to communicate with the end user device communicator using the wireless protocol, the communication node including a watchdog function that monitors an operation of the communication node and resets the communication node if the communication node malfunctions, and the communication node providing photo control to a street light coupled to the street light pole to turn the street light on during darkness, c. a neighborhood mesh network comprising a plurality of network nodes, at least one of which is the communication node, each one of the network nodes being adapted to communicate with a plurality of other ones of the network nodes on the neighborhood mesh network, d. a data collector that is one of the plurality of network nodes, and that is adapted to communicate the information with the mesh network and thereby with the said node, and communicate the information with a global computer network, e. a server linked to the global computer network, and adapted to communicate the information with the global computer network, and with an end user port, f. the end user port adapted to allow the end user to communicate the information with the server, and g. the end user adapted to communicate the information with the end user port and thereby communicate the information with the end user device. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81)
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