# US 2019/0246344 A1 · Sensor provisioning in wireless sensor networks > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0246344 A1 - Document ID: US20190246344A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/891,096 - Filed: 2018-02-07 - Published: 2019-08-08 - Earliest claimed: 2018-02-07 - Assignees: BlackBerry Limited - Applicants: BlackBerry Limited - Inventors: Mahendra FULESHWAR PRASAD; Jesse William Bennett; Scott Leonard DILL; Michael Peter MONTEMURRO; Stephen John BARRETT; Jason Wayne JANTZI; Mark Edward REAUME; Adam JOCKSCH; Srdjan DAMJANOVIC - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190246344A1 ## CPC - H04W 48/17: {Selecting a data network PoA [Point of Attachment]} - H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information - H04W 4/38: for collecting sensor information - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04W 8/005: {Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals} - H04W 12/009: {specially adapted for networks, e.g. wireless sensor networks, ad-hoc networks, RFID networks or cloud networks} - H04W 12/50: Secure pairing of devices - H04W 12/61: Time-dependent - H04W 24/08: Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic - H04W 48/08: Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery (signalling during connection H04W76/00) - H04W 52/0203: {in the radio access network or backbone network of wireless communication networks} - H04W 52/0216: {using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame} - H04W 52/0245: {according to signal strength} - H04W 52/0254: {detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device} - H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks - H04W 88/16: Gateway arrangements - H04L 63/10: {for controlling access to devices or network resources} - Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract A method for sensor provisioning in a wireless sensor network includes determining, at a gateway, that no neighboring gateway is present; in response to no neighboring gateway present, measuring signal strengths from a plurality of sensors; based on the measured signal strengths, identifying a sensor from the plurality of sensors to be paired with the gateway; and in response to identifying the sensor, pairing the gateway and the sensor to enable a secured connection between the gateway and the sensor. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: determining, at a gateway, that no neighboring gateway is present; in response to determining that no neighboring gateway is present, starting, by the gateway, a sensor discovery process, wherein the sensor discovery process comprises: measuring signal strengths from a plurality of sensors; based on the measured signal strengths, identifying a sensor from the plurality of sensors to be paired with the gateway; and in response to identifying the sensor, pairing the gateway and the sensor to establish a secured connection between the gateway and the sensor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving a whitelist from a server, the whitelist including security information for pairing the gateway and the sensor; and in response to receiving the whitelist, pairing the gateway and the sensor based on the security information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the gateway is in a first power saving mode and the sensor is in a second power saving mode. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the first and second power saving modes are time synchronized. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein during the first power saving mode, the gateway wakes up at a regular time interval. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the sensor has no motion detection capability, and during the second power saving mode, the sensor wakes up at a same time interval as the gateway. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the sensor has a motion detection capability, and during the second power saving mode, the sensor wakes up in response to detecting a motion event. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the secured connection between the gateway and the sensor uses at least one of a Bluetooth, a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.15.4, an IEEE 802.11, or a SubGHz technology. ### Claim 9 A gateway, comprising: a memory; and at least one hardware processor communicatively coupled with the memory and configured to: determine that no neighboring gateway is present; in response to determining that no neighboring gateway is present, start a sensor discovery process, wherein the sensor discovery process comprises: measuring signal strengths from a plurality of sensors; based on the measured signal strengths, identifying a sensor from the plurality of sensors to be paired with the gateway; and in response to identifying the sensor, pairing the gateway and the sensor to enable a secured connection between the gateway and the sensor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The gateway of claim 9, wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to: receive a whitelist from a server, the whitelist including security information for pairing the gateway and the sensor; and in response to receiving the whitelist, pair the gateway and the sensor based on the security information. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The gateway of claim 9, wherein the gateway is in a first power saving mode and the sensor is in a second power saving mode, and the first and second power saving modes are time synchronized. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The gateway of claim 11, wherein during the first power saving mode, the gateway wakes up at a regular time interval. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The gateway of claim 12, wherein the sensor has no motion detection capability, and during the second power saving mode, the sensor wakes up at a same time interval as the gateway. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The gateway of claim 11, wherein the sensor has a motion detection capability, and during the second power saving mode, the sensor wakes up in response to detecting a motion event. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions which, when executed, cause a gateway to perform operations comprising: determining that no neighboring gateway is present; in response to determining that no neighboring gateway is present, starting, by the gateway, a sensor discovery process, wherein the sensor discovery process comprises: measuring signal strengths from a plurality of sensors; based on the measured signal strengths, identifying a sensor from the plurality of sensors to be paired with the gateway; and in response to identifying the sensor, pairing the gateway and the sensor to enable a secured connection between the gateway and the sensor. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise: receiving a whitelist from a server, the whitelist including security information for pairing the gateway and the sensor; and in response to receiving the whitelist, pairing the gateway and the sensor based on the security information. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the gateway is in a first power saving mode and the sensor is in a second power saving mode, and the first and second power saving modes are time synchronized. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein during the first power saving mode, the gateway wakes up at a regular time interval. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the sensor has no motion detection capability, and during the second power saving mode, the sensor wakes up at a same time interval as the gateway. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the sensor has a motion detection capability, and during the second power saving mode, the sensor wakes up in response to detecting a motion event.