Signal reconstruction using recursive data and signal recovery using previous known signals

A component for decoding communications from a remote alarm panel over a communications network, the component comprising:

• a network interface for receiving signals having recursive data from the remote alarm panel and sending signals to the remote alarm panel over the communications network;
• an application operative on a processor component and communicatively coupled with the network interface;
• and
• a memory operative to store signals from the remote alarm panel;
• the application operative to:
• receive a first signal from the remote alarm panel;
• determine that the first signal cannot be decoded and that an acknowledgement signal is not to be transmitted;
• receive a second signal from the remote alarm panel;
• determine the first signal can be reconstructed based on the second signal;
• and
• reconstruct the first signal using the second signal and decode the reconstructed first signal.

A method for decoding communications between a remote alarm panel and a central monitoring station over a communications network, comprising:

• receiving signals from the remote alarm panel;
• identifying the remote alarm panel based on the received signals;
• determining that the signals received from the panel cannot be decoded;
• comparing the received signals to a plurality of stored data associated with the remote alarm panel to match the received signals to one of the plurality of stored data;
• and
• reconstructing at least one signal of the received signals based on the comparing step.