Wireless connectivity in an elevator system
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsDerk Pahlke, Mario Pink
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of providing a seamless wireless connection in an elevator system of a building. The method comprises receiving an elevator car request from a passenger who is on a source floor, dispatching an elevator car to the source floor in response to the elevator car request, selecting at least one wireless local area network (WLAN) established in the building, and forwarding the selected at least one WLAN via a network node placed in at least one of an elevator hall of the source floor, the dispatched elevator car, or an elevator hall of a destination floor.
Claims15
A method of providing a wireless connection in an elevator system (1) of a building, the method comprising:
- receiving (S31) an elevator car request from a passenger who is on a source floor;
- dispatching (S32) an elevator car (6) to the source floor in response to the elevator car request;
- selecting at least one wireless local area network (WLAN) established in the building;
- and
- forwarding (S33, S36, S40) the at least one WLAN via a network node placed in at least one of an elevator hall of the source floor, the dispatched elevator car (6), or an elevator hall of a destination floor;
- wherein forwarding (S33, S36, S40) the at least one WLAN to the network node comprises extending a coverage of the at least one WLAN via the network node such that the passenger can access the at least one WLAN through the network node.
An elevator system (1) to be used in a building, the system (1) comprising:
- at least one elevator car (6):
- a network node (30a-30e, 50) placed in at least one of an elevator hall or an elevator car (6);
- and
- an elevator controller (10) configured to:
- receive an elevator car request from a passenger who is on a source floor;
- dispatch an elevator car (6) to the source floor in response to the elevator car request;
- select at least one wireless local area network (WLAN) established in the building;
- and
- forward the at least one WLAN via a network node placed in at least one of an elevator hall of the source floor, the dispatched elevator car (6), or an elevator hall of a destination floor;
- wherein forwarding (S33, S36, S40) the at least one WLAN to the network node comprises extending a coverage of the at least one WLAN via the network node such that the passenger can access the at least one WLAN through the network node.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.