Method for data collection and supervision in wireless node networks
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsAbtin Keshavarzian, Huang Lee
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Abstract
A wireless networking method includes providing a plurality of different sets of wireless links and a plurality of wireless nodes. The nodes are in mutual bidirectional wireless communication via the wireless links. Each of the links enables the communication between a respective pair of the nodes. Information is transmitted to a selected one of the nodes from each of other ones of the nodes via a first of the sets of the wireless links. The step of transmitting information to the selected one of the nodes from each of other ones of the nodes is repeated via each of other ones of the sets of the wireless links, respectively.
Claims20
A wireless networking method, comprising the steps of:
- providing a plurality of different sets of wireless links;
- providing a plurality of wireless nodes, the nodes being in mutual bi-directional wireless communication via the wireless links, each of the links enabling the communication between a respective pair of the nodes;
- transmitting information to a selected one of the nodes from each of other ones of the nodes via a first of the sets of the wireless links;
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- repeating, via each of other ones of the sets of the wireless links, respectively, the step of transmitting information to the selected one of the nodes from each of other ones of the nodes.
A wireless networking method, comprising the steps of:
- providing a plurality of wireless nodes including a grandparent node, a plurality of parent nodes, and a plurality of child nodes, each of the parent nodes being configured to transmit wireless communication to the grandparent node, each of the child nodes being configured to transmit wireless communication to a respective subset of the parent nodes;
- calculating, for each of the child nodes, fractions of the child node's communication to transmit to each of the respective parent nodes in the child node's respective subset such that each of the plurality of parent nodes receives a substantially equal distribution of the transmissions from the plurality of child nodes;
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- transmitting the wireless communication from the child nodes to the parent nodes according to the calculated fractions such that each of the plurality of parent nodes receives the substantially equal distribution of the transmissions from the plurality of child nodes.
A wireless networking method, comprising the steps of:
- providing a plurality of wireless nodes including a grandparent node, a parent node, and a child node;
- transmitting a first signal from the child node to the parent node, the first signal including information;
- using the parent node to transmit, in response to the parent node receiving the first signal, a second signal to each of the grandparent node and the child node, the second signal including the information;
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- treating reception of the second signal at the child node as an acknowledgement signal to the child node that the first signal was received by the parent node.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.