US 2014/0233608 A1Published application

Triplicate location tracking multiple access protocol of a beacon

AssigneeTimes Three Wireless Inc.

InventorsMichael Hryciuk, Edward Robert Benner, Michel Fattouche, Andrew Borsodi

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Abstract

Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some implementations a here-i-am (HIA) transmission on a first RF channel, a registration (REG) transmission on a second RF channel are repeated at least twice and followed by a location tacking messaging (LOC) transmission on a third RF channel is operable to identify location between a network and beacons using a wireless communications channel that permits the beacons to be tracked by the network for location of the beacons.

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A computer-accessible medium having processor-executable instructions for wireless communication from a beacon to a network base station receiver, the processor-executable instructions capable of directing a processor to perform:

transmitting a first here-i-am (HIA) transmission on a radio frequency channel of 12 radio frequency channels;
transmitting a first registration (REG) transmission that is synchronized to the first HIA transmission on a radio frequency channel of 42 radio frequency channels;
transmitting a second HIA transmission that is synchronized to the first REG transmission on a radio frequency channel of the 12 radio frequency channels;
transmitting a second REG transmission that is synchronized to the second HIA transmission on a radio frequency channel of the 42 radio frequency channels;
transmitting a third HIA transmission that is synchronized to the second REG transmission on a radio frequency channel of the 12 radio frequency channels;
transmitting a third REG transmission that is synchronized to the third HIA transmission on a radio frequency channel of the 42 radio frequency channels;
wherein each of the HIA transmissions is performed in accordance with a first pseudo-random frequency hopping pattern, the HIA transmission including:
identification of a second radio frequency channel of 42 radio frequency channels;
wherein the HIA transmission is a short transmission that does not include a serial number of the beacon;
transmitting each of the REG transmissions that is synchronized to the immediately previous HIA transmission on the second pseudo-random frequency hopping pattern and in reference to the timing of the second pseudo-random frequency hopping pattern, the REG transmission that is synchronized to the immediately previous HIA transmission includes the serial number of the beacon, includes the information representative of a third pseudo-random frequency hopping pattern and includes the information representative of the timing of the third frequency hopping pattern;
and
transmitting a location tracking messaging (LOC) transmission on a radio frequency channel of the one of the plurality of the third pseudo-random frequency hopping patterns and in accordance with the timing of the frequency hopping patterns, the LOC transmission not including the information representative of the timing and information representative of the one of the plurality of the pseudo-random frequency hopping patterns, the transmitting of the LOC transmission is performed subsequent to the third REG transmission,
wherein the 12 radio frequency channels and the 42 radio frequency channels are mutually exclusive and have no radio frequency channels in common between the 12 radio frequency channels and the 42 radio frequency channels.

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A method of a beacon comprising:

transmitting a first here-i-am (HIA) transmission;
transmitting a first registration (REG) transmission that is synchronized to the first HIA transmission;
transmitting a second HIA transmission that is synchronized to the first REG transmission;
transmitting a second REG transmission that is synchronized to the second HIA transmission;
transmitting a third HIA transmission that is synchronized to the second REG transmission;
transmitting a third REG transmission that is synchronized to the third HIA transmission;
wherein each of the HIA transmissions is performed to notify a network base station receiver that the beacon is in range of the network base station receiver to access the network base station receiver, to alert to the network base station receiver as to a presence of the beacon and to notify to the network base station receiver of a second radio frequency channel to transmit a registration (REG) transmission synchronized to the immediately previous HIA transmission;
wherein each of the REG transmissions that is synchronized to the immediately previous HIA transmission on the second radio frequency channel includes a serial number of the beacon and includes information representative of timing and information representative of radio frequencies in a pseudo-random frequency hopping pattern;
and
transmitting a location tracking messaging (LOC) transmission after the third REG transmission on the radio frequencies in the plurality of the pseudo-random frequency hopping patterns and in accordance with the timing.

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Abstract

transmitting a first here-i-am (HIA) transmission on a radio frequency channel of 12 radio frequency channels;
transmitting a first registration (REG) transmission that is synchronized to the first HIA transmission on a radio frequency channel of 42 radio frequency channels;
transmitting a second HIA transmission that is synchronized to the first REG transmission on a radio frequency channel of the 12 radio frequency channels;
transmitting a second REG transmission that is synchronized to the second HIA transmission on a radio frequency channel of the 42 radio frequency channels;
transmitting a third HIA transmission that is synchronized to the second REG transmission on a radio frequency channel of the 12 radio frequency channels;
transmitting a third REG transmission that is synchronized to the third HIA transmission on a radio frequency channel of the 42 radio frequency channels;
wherein each of the HIA transmissions is performed in accordance with a first pseudo-random frequency hopping pattern, the HIA transmission including:
identification of a second radio frequency channel of 42 radio frequency channels;
wherein the HIA transmission is a short transmission that does not include a serial number of the beacon;
transmitting each of the REG transmissions that is synchronized to the immediately previous HIA transmission on the second pseudo-random frequency hopping pattern and in reference to the timing of the second pseudo-random frequency hopping pattern, the REG transmission that is synchronized to the immediately previous HIA transmission includes the serial number of the beacon, includes the information representative of a third pseudo-random frequency hopping pattern and includes the information representative of the timing of the third frequency hopping pattern;
and
transmitting a location tracking messaging (LOC) transmission on a radio frequency channel of the one of the plurality of the third pseudo-random frequency hopping patterns and in accordance with the timing of the frequency hopping patterns, the LOC transmission not including the information representative of the timing and information representative of the one of the plurality of the pseudo-random frequency hopping patterns, the transmitting of the LOC transmission is performed subsequent to the third REG transmission,
wherein the 12 radio frequency channels and the 42 radio frequency channels are mutually exclusive and have no radio frequency channels in common between the 12 radio frequency channels and the 42 radio frequency channels.

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