Radio network communication modes in physiological status monitoring
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsBenjamin David Morris, Istvan Roland Fellner, Jeremy Jun Wong
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Abstract
Methods, apparatuses and systems are described for managing communication modes on a network used for physiological status monitoring. The methods may include receiving indications that a network had been selected and that a communication or operation mode for the network had been selected. The communication or operation mode may be based at least in part on a number of remote physiological monitoring devices that are to be allowed to communicate on the radio access network. A beacon may be transmitted to indicate one or more transmission parameters associated with the selected communication or operation mode.
Claims18
A method of wireless communication in a physiological status monitoring system, comprising:
- receiving a network indication that a radio access network has been selected from a plurality of radio access networks;
- receiving a mode indication that an operation mode for the radio access network has been selected for a timing of communications of each remote physiological monitoring device in the radio access network, the operation mode based at least in part on a number of remote physiological monitoring devices that are to be allowed to communicate on the radio access network;
- transmitting, to the remote physiological monitoring devices, a beacon indicating to the remote physiological monitoring devices one or more transmission parameters associated with the operation mode;
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- receiving transmissions from one or more of the remote physiological monitoring devices, wherein the transmissions include a short address of a transmitting remote physiological monitoring device, wherein the short address is within a range of available short addresses varying in accordance with the operation mode.
A physiological status monitoring device, comprising:
- a transceiver configured to transmit and receive communications from one or more remote physiological monitoring devices;
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- a processor configured to execute instructions to:
- receive a network indication that a radio access network has been selected from a plurality of radio access networks;
- receive a mode indication that an operation mode for the radio access network has been selected for a timing of communications of each remote physiological monitoring device in the radio access network, the operation mode based at least in part on a number of remote physiological monitoring devices that are to be allowed to communicate on the radio access network;
- transmit, to the remote physiological monitoring devices, a beacon indicating to the remote physiological monitoring devices one or more transmission parameters associated with the operation mode;
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- receive transmissions from one or more of the remote physiological monitoring devices, wherein the transmissions include a short address of a transmitting remote physiological monitoring device, wherein the short address is within a range of available short addresses varying in accordance with the operation mode.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable code, the code executable by a processor to:
- receive a network indication that a radio access network has been selected from a plurality of radio access networks;
- receive a mode indication that an operation mode for the radio access network has been selected for a timing of communications of each remote physiological monitoring device in the radio access network, the operation mode based at least in part on a number of remote physiological monitoring devices that are to be allowed to communicate on the radio access network;
- transmit, to the remote physiological monitoring devices, a beacon indicating to the remote physiological monitoring devices one or more transmission parameters associated with the operation mode;
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- receive transmissions from one or more of the remote physiological monitoring devices, wherein the transmissions include a short address of a transmitting remote physiological monitoring device, wherein the short address is within a range of available short addresses varying in accordance with the operation mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.