Wireless transceiver management system and method

A security system comprising:

• a) a wireless security device comprising wireless message transmission circuitry and a wireless receiver;
• b) a plurality of wireless transceivers, each comprising:
• (i) a wireless receiver and a wireless transmitter configured to wirelessly communicate with the wireless security device;
• (ii) a received signal strength indication measurement circuit configured to analyze a wireless message received from the wireless security device and generate received signal strength indication data for said wireless security device;
• (iii) a transmitter and receiver circuit configured to interface with a wired connection and to send and receive digital data messages over said wired connection, wherein at least some of said digital data messages transmitted comprises at least some data from said wireless message and the received signal strength indication data generated by said received signal strength indication measurement circuit;
• c) a control panel interconnected to each of said plurality of wireless transceivers via a wired connection;
• said control panel comprising:
• (i) a transmitter and receiver circuit configured to interface with said wired connection and to send and receive digital data messages over said wired connection;
• (ii) processing circuitry configured to
• analyze the received signal strength indication data from a plurality of digital data messages received from more than one wireless transceiver;
• determine which wireless transceiver generated the highest received signal strength indication data;
• designate data exchange responsibility to the wireless transceiver determined to have generated the highest received signal strength indication data;
• and
• transmit, to the wireless transceiver determined to have generated the highest received signal strength indication data, a digital data message indicating that that said wireless transceiver has been designated with data exchange responsibility with said wireless security device.

A method of managing data communications in a wireless security system, comprising the steps of:

• a) transmitting a wireless message from a portable wireless security device;
• b) receiving the wireless message by a plurality of wireless transceivers;
• c) for each wireless transceiver that receives said wireless message:
• sending, via a wired connection to a control panel, a digital data message comprising at least some data from said received wireless message;
• d) the control panel receiving each digital data message sent from the wireless transceivers and determining which wireless transceiver was the first wireless transceiver to have sent the digital data message;
• e) designating data exchange responsibility to the wireless transceiver determined to have been the first wireless transceiver to have sent the digital data message;
• and
• f) indicating, to the wireless transceiver determined to have been the first wireless transceiver to have sent the digital data message, that said wireless transceiver has been designated with data exchange responsibility with said wireless security device.

A security system comprising:

• a) a portable wireless security device comprising wireless message transmission circuitry and a wireless receiver;
• b) a plurality of wireless transceivers, each comprising:
• (i) a wireless receiver and a wireless transmitter configured to wirelessly communicate with said wireless security device;
• (ii) a transmitter and receiver circuit configured to interface with a wired connection and to send and receive digital data messages over said wired connection, wherein at least some of said digital data messages transmitted comprises at least some data from said wireless message;
• c) a control panel interconnected to each of said plurality of wireless transceivers via a wired connection;
• said control panel comprising:
• (i) a transmitter and receiver circuit configured to interface with said wired connection and to send and receive digital data messages over said wired connection;
• (ii) processing circuitry configured to
• determine which wireless transceiver was the first to have sent the digital message;
• designate data exchange responsibility to the wireless transceiver determined to have been the first wireless transceiver to have sent the digital message;
• and
• transmit, to the wireless transceiver determined to have been the first wireless transceiver to have sent the digital message, a digital data message indicating that that said wireless transceiver has been designated with data exchange responsibility with said wireless security device.