System, method and apparatus for sensing changes in an environment using wireless communication signals
AssigneeAerial Technologies Inc.
InventorsMichel Allegue Martinez, Matthew Kirby Smith
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Abstract
A wireless signal-based sensing system is provided. The system includes a plurality of devices, each device capable of sending and receiving wireless signals to create a sensing area. The system also includes at least one connection mechanism to enable at least one of the devices to connect to an application, and at least one analytics application for processing measurements of wireless signals obtained from the sensing area.
Claims20
A wireless signal-based sensing system comprising:
- at least one sensing area generated by a plurality of devices, each device in the sensing area capable of sending and receiving wireless signals according to a communication protocol, wherein the communication protocol comprises at least one existing mechanism at a first layer of the devices for sensing a communication channel between pairs of connected devices in the sensing area;
- at least one application of at least one of the plurality of devices to access at least the first layer of the device to obtain measurements sensed by the communication protocol using the existing mechanism, wherein the at least one application is configured to generate traffic on the communication channel when an insufficient amount of network traffic is present;
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- at least one analytics application for receiving and processing measurements of wireless signals obtained from the sensing area by the plurality of devices.
A method for wireless signal-based sensing comprising:
- having a sensing area generated by a plurality of devices, each device in the sensing area capable of sending and receiving wireless signals according to a communication protocol, wherein the communication protocol comprises at least one existing mechanism at a first layer of the devices for sensing a communication channel between pairs of connected devices in the sensing area;
- establishing the communication channel to generate sensed data at the first layer;
- enabling at least one application of at least one of the plurality of devices to access at least the first layer of the device to obtain measurements sensed by the communication protocol using the existing mechanism, wherein the at least one application is configured to generate traffic on the communication channel when an insufficient amount of network traffic is present;
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- receiving and processing measurements of wireless signals by at least one analytics application, the measurements having been obtained from the sensing area by the plurality of devices.
A computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions for wireless signal-based sensing comprising instructions for:
- having a sensing area generated by a plurality of devices, each device in the sensing area capable of sending and receiving wireless signals according to a communication protocol, wherein the communication protocol comprises at least one existing mechanism at a first layer of the devices for sensing a communication channel between pairs of connected devices in the sensing area;
- establishing the communication channel to generate sensed data at the first layer;
- enabling at least one application of at least one of the plurality of devices to access at least the first layer of the device to obtain measurements sensed by the communication protocol using the existing mechanism, wherein the at least one application is configured to generate traffic on the communication channel when an insufficient amount of network traffic is present;
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- receiving and processing measurements of wireless signals by at least one analytics application, the measurements having been obtained from the sensing area by the plurality of devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.