Systems and Methods for Coordinating Periodic Advertising with Responses (PAwR) Trains in High-Density IoT Environments
AssigneeWalmart Apollo, LLC
InventorsEric Stutzenberger, Justin Rigling
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Abstract
The present disclosure, in various embodiments, provides a system, method, and device for coordinating wireless networks of IoT devices. The method includes transmitting a coordination signal to a first gateway and a second gateway, and the coordination signal can be configured to coordinate a PAwR communication schedule. The PAwR communication schedule can include coordinated PAwR advertising intervals for the gateways.
Claims20
A sitewide controller device configured to connect to a first gateway and a second gateway in a PAwR architecture, the sitewide controller further configured to:
- transmit a coordination signal to the first gateway and the second gateway, the coordination signal configured to coordinate a PAwR communication schedule of the first gateway and the second gateway, wherein the PAwR communication schedule comprises coordinated PAwR advertising intervals for the first gateway and the second gateway, wherein the first gateway and the second gateway are located at a proximate zone.
A method comprising:
- transmitting a coordination signal to a first gateway and a second gateway, the coordination signal configured to coordinate a PAwR communication schedule of the first gateway and the second gateway, wherein the PAwR communication schedule comprises coordinated PAwR advertising intervals for the first gateway and the second gateway, wherein the first gateway and the second gateway are located at a proximate zone.
A computer-readable storage medium, storing instructions thereon, that, when executed by a processor, configure the processor to:
- transmit a coordination signal to the first gateway and the second gateway, the coordination signal configured to coordinate a PAwR communication schedule of the first gateway and the second gateway, wherein the PAwR communication schedule comprises coordinated PAwR advertising intervals for the first gateway and the second gateway, wherein the first gateway and the second gateway are located at a proximate zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.