Network administrator interface systems and methods for monitoring industrial wireless, self organizing mesh communication networks
AssigneeCooper Technologies Company
InventorHarry John Courtice
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Abstract
Systems and method for self-organizing mesh networks of industrial radio devices include identifying and reporting neighboring radio devices and active devices with each radio at the network nodes. The reporting, which is collected by a monitoring device separately provided from the radio devices in the network, facilitates graphical representations of communication routes and current status as active and inactive for review by network administrators at a user interface.
Claims29
A multi-path radio communications system for monitoring and controlling an industrial process, the network comprising:
- a plurality of processor-based radio devices configured to wirelessly communicate in a self-organizing mesh network wherein each radio is arranged to communicate with multiple other radio devices in the mesh network;
- wherein at least one of the plurality of processor-based radio devices is configured to:
- identify neighboring radio devices in the network;
- identify active message routes relating to each of the neighboring radio devices;
- and
- report the identified neighboring radio devices and active message routes over the network.
A multi-path radio communications system comprising:
- a plurality of processor based radio devices configured to wirelessly communicate with one another in a self-organizing mesh network, each of the plurality of processor based radio devices configured to:
- identify respective neighboring radio devices in the network;
- identify respective active message routes relating to each of the neighboring radio devices;
- and
- report the identified respective neighboring radio devices and active message routes over the network.
A method of administrating a multi-path radio communications network having a plurality of processor based radio devices configured to wirelessly communicate with one another in a self-organizing mesh network, the method comprising:
- identifying, with each of the plurality of processor based radio devices, respective neighboring radio devices in the network;
- identifying, with each of the plurality of processor based radio devices, respective active message routes relating to each of the neighboring radio devices;
- and
- reporting the identified respective neighboring radio devices and active message routes, with each of the plurality of processor based radio devices, over the network.
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