Systems and methods for improving reception of data in wireless communication environments

In a wireless communication environment that includes an endpoint device having a plurality of transmission channels within an operational frequency band, a collection system, and a host computing system, a method of improving the reception of data transmitted from the endpoint device, comprising:

• obtaining a sample of data indicative of channel quality for each transmission channel in the operational frequency band of the endpoint device;
• analyzing the data indicative of channel quality, wherein analyzing the data indicative of channel quality includes calculating average channel quality values for each channel in the operational frequency band;
• determining if reception of data by the collection system can be improved, wherein determining if reception of data by the collection system can be improved includes comparing the average channel quality values of each channel in the operational frequency band with channels of a default frequency-hopping table of the endpoint device and other frequency hopping tables of the endpoint device;
• and selecting a frequency-hopping table from the default frequency hopping table and the other frequency hopping tables that improves reception of data;
• and
• generating a command for reprogramming the endpoint device if it is determined that the reception of data can be improved, wherein the command includes channel reprogramming data.

In a wireless communication environment that includes an endpoint device having a plurality of transmission channels within an operational frequency band, a collection system, and a host computing system, a method of improving the reception of data transmitted from the endpoint device, comprising:

• obtaining a sample of data indicative of channel quality for each transmission channel in the operational frequency band of the endpoint device;
• analyzing the data indicative of channel quality;
• determining if reception of data by the collection system can be improved;
• and
• generating a command for reprogramming the endpoint device if it is determined that the reception of data can be improved, wherein the command includes channel reprogramming data, wherein the channel reprogramming data includes data selected from a group consisting of at least one offset value and a frequency-hopping table number.

In a wireless communication environment that includes an endpoint device having a plurality of transmission channels within an operational frequency band, a collection system, and a host computing system, a method of improving the reception of data transmitted from the endpoint device, comprising:

• obtaining a sample of data indicative of channel quality for each transmission channel in the operational frequency band of the endpoint device;
• analyzing the data indicative of channel quality;
• determining if reception of data by the collection system can be improved;
• and
• generating a command for reprogramming the endpoint device if it is determined that the reception of data can be improved, wherein the command includes channel reprogramming data,
• wherein the endpoint device includes a frequency hopping table utilized to transmit data to the collection system, wherein the frequency hopping table includes a subset of the transmission channels within the operation frequency band.

In a wireless communication environment that includes an endpoint device having a plurality of transmission channels within an operational frequency band, a collection system, and a host computing system, a method of improving the reception of data transmitted from the endpoint device, comprising:

• obtaining a sample of data indicative of channel quality for each transmission channel in the operational frequency band of the endpoint device, wherein the data indicative of channel quality is selected from the group consisting of signal strength data, RSSI data, interference/noise data, read coefficient data, data representative of a number of bad packets received, data representative of a ratio of bad packets received to good packets received, data representative of a ratio of preamble detections to good packets received, and combinations thereof;
• analyzing the data indicative of channel quality;
• determining if reception of data by the collection system can be improved;
• and
• generating a command for reprogramming the endpoint device if it is determined that the reception of data can be improved, wherein the command includes channel reprogramming data.

In a wireless communication environment that includes an endpoint device having a plurality of transmission channels within an operational frequency band, a collection system, and a host computing system, a method of improving the reception of data transmitted from the endpoint device, comprising:

• obtaining a sample of data indicative of channel quality for each transmission channel in the operational frequency band of the endpoint device, wherein obtaining a sample of data indicative of channel quality for each transmission channel in the operational frequency band of the endpoint device comprises:
• collecting data indicative of channel quality at the collection system for each transmission channel in the operational frequency band of the endpoint device over a select period of time;
• and
• forwarding the data indicative of channel quality to the host processing system;
• analyzing the data indicative of channel quality, wherein analyzing the data indicative of channel quality includes calculating average channel quality values for each channel in the operational frequency band;
• determining if reception of data by the collection system can be improved;
• and generating a command for reprogramming the endpoint device if it is determined that the reception of data can be improved, wherein the command includes channel reprogramming data.