Radio frequency jamming or interference detection and mitigation in an electronic monitoring system
AssigneeArlo Technologies, Inc.
InventorMatthew McRae
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Abstract
An electronic monitoring system and method are provided. The electronic monitoring system monitors communication of data between a device primary radio of a monitoring device and a hub primary radio through a primary communication path. Communication of the data is transferred to a secondary communication path between a device secondary radio of the monitoring device and a hub secondary radio in response to the detection of a disruption on the primary communication path resulting from interference or jamming of communications over the primary communication path. The primary and secondary radios operate a different frequencies.
Claims20
An electronic monitoring system comprising:
- a monitoring device configured to monitor a characteristic within the environment, the monitoring device including:
- a device primary radio defined within a primary communication path;
- a device secondary radio defined within a secondary communication path;
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- circuitry configured to allow the monitoring device to selectively communicate on one of the primary communication path and the secondary communication path;
- a hub primary radio being defined within the primary communication path, the hub primary radio configured to communicate with the monitoring device thereon over a first frequency;
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- a hub secondary radio being defined within the secondary communication path, the hub secondary radio configured to communicate with the monitoring device thereon over a second frequency that is different than the first frequency.
An electronic monitoring system, comprising:
- an imaging device configured to monitor a characteristic within an environment, the imaging device including:
- a device primary radio defined within a primary communication path and configured to communicate at a first frequency;
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- a device secondary radio defined within a secondary communication path and configured to communicate at a second frequency, the second frequency being lower than the first frequency;
- a hub primary radio connectable to a backend control service system through a WAN (wide area network) and being defined within the primary communication path, the hub primary radio configured to communicate with the device primary radio via the primary communication path;
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- a hub secondary radio connectable to the backend control service system through the WAN and being defined within the secondary communication path, the hub secondary radio configured to communicate with the device secondary radio via the secondary communication path;
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- circuitry configured to:
- detect a communication failure through the primary communication path due to interference with or jamming of communications over the primary communication path;
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- upon detection of the communication failure between the device primary radio and the hub primary radio through the primary communication path, activate the device secondary radio to communicate with the hub secondary radio through the secondary communication path.
A method for detecting and mitigating interference in an electronic monitoring system, the method comprising:
- monitoring communication of data between a device primary radio of a monitoring device and a hub primary radio through a primary communication path;
- detecting a disruption in communication through the primary communication path, and
- transferring communication of the data to a secondary communication path between a device secondary radio of the monitoring device and a hub secondary radio in response to detection of the disruption, the secondary communication path having a different frequency than the primary communication path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.