Self-configuring multiple-antenna system
AssigneeLennox Industries Inc.
InventorsMansoor AHMED, Steve Lazar
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Abstract
In an embodiment, a multiple-antenna heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a first antenna disposed along a return airflow path from an enclosed space to the multiple-antenna HVAC system, where the multiple-antenna HVAC system supplies conditioned air to the enclosed space. The multiple-antenna HVAC system also includes a second antenna disposed outside the return airflow path. The multiple-antenna HVAC system also includes a controller in communication with the first antenna and the second antenna, where the controller wirelessly communicates via the first antenna and the second antenna.
Claims20
A method of self-configuring a multiple-antenna system, the method comprising, by a controller of the multiple-antenna system:
- searching, via a first antenna of the multiple-antenna system, for non-mesh connection points to a wireless network comprising a meshnet;
- responsive to the searching for non-mesh connection points, determining whether a non-mesh connection point, in satisfaction of non-mesh signal criteria, has been identified;
- responsive to a determination that no non-mesh connection point, in satisfaction of non-mesh signal criteria, has been identified, searching, via a second antenna, for mesh connection points to the wireless network over the meshnet;
- responsive to the searching for mesh connection points, determining whether a mesh connection point, in satisfaction of mesh signal criteria, has been identified;
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- responsive to a determination that a mesh connection point, in satisfaction of mesh signal criteria, has been identified, connecting to the wireless network using the mesh connection point and the second antenna.
A multiple-antenna heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system comprising:
- a first antenna disposed along a return airflow path from an enclosed space to the multiple-antenna HVAC system, wherein the multiple-antenna HVAC system supplies conditioned air to the enclosed space;
- a second antenna disposed outside the return airflow path;
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- a controller in communication with the first antenna and the second antenna, wherein the controller wirelessly communicates via the first antenna and the second antenna.
A multiple-antenna system comprising:
- a first antenna disposed along a return airflow path from an enclosed space in a building to an exterior of the building;
- a second antenna disposed outside the return airflow path;
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- a controller in communication with the first antenna and the second antenna, wherein the controller wirelessly communicates via the first antenna and the second antenna.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.