Automatic pairing of wireless peripherals in a system such as pressure support respiratory therapy system

A pressure generating device base unit of a pressure support system structured to generate a flow of breathing gas for delivery to a patient through a patient interface device, the pressure generating device base unit being structured for wireless pairing using a wireless communications protocol with a plurality of wireless peripheral devices each including a sensor, wherein each of the wireless peripheral devices is either a component of the pressure support system or a component of an additional pressure support system in the environment, comprising:

• a base unit sensor;
• a wireless communications module structured to implement the wireless communications protocol;
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• a controller coupled to the wireless communications module, the controller storing one or more software routines executable by the controller and structured to:
• cause the pressure generating device base unit to at least temporarily wirelessly communicate with one or more of the wireless peripheral devices according to the wireless communications protocol and wirelessly receive a peripheral device data signal from each of the one or more of the wireless peripheral devices, wherein the peripheral device data signal received from each of the one or more of the wireless peripheral devices is based on one or more measurements made by the sensor of the wireless peripheral device;
• cause the pressure generating device base unit to generate a number of base unit data signals, wherein each of the base unit data signals is based on one or more measurements made by the base unit sensor;
• analyze each of the peripheral device data signals and the number of base unit data signals including performing a correlation analysis in the pressure generating device base unit using each of the peripheral device data signals and the number of base unit data signals;
• select at least one of the one or more of the wireless peripheral devices based on an outcome of the correlation analysis;
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• responsive to selecting at least one of the one or more of the wireless peripheral devices, establish or maintain wireless communication according to the wireless communications protocol and using the wireless communications module between the pressure generating device base unit and the selected at least one of the one or more of the wireless peripheral devices and not the wireless peripheral devices other than the selected at least one of the one or more of the wireless peripheral devices.