Network node, wireless sensor network and method for facilitating positioning of a network node in a wireless sensor network
AssigneeNXP B.V.
InventorsAly Aamer Syed, Ewout Brandsma, Ruud Hendricksen, René Geraets, Theophiel Y. B. van Daele
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Abstract
There is provided a network node for use in a wireless sensor network, said network node being arranged to determine communication activities of the network node in different spatial directions extending from the network node, and said network node comprising at least one visual indicator being arranged to provide a visual indication of said communication activities. A wireless sensor network comprising such a network node is also disclosed, as is a method facilitating positioning a network node in a sensor network.
Claims15
A network node for use in a wireless sensor network, said network node comprising:
- a central processing unit;
- a memory circuit;
- a plurality of visual indicators arranged around a perimeter of the network node;
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- a sensor configured to sense physical quantities of an environment;
- wherein the network node is configured to:
- communicate with other network nodes in the wireless sensor network by routing network traffic between the other network nodes in the wireless sensor network,
- determine, based upon communications with other network nodes in the wireless sensor network, a network quality for communication activities of the network node relative to different spatial directions extending from the perimeter of the network node, and
- activate, based upon the determined network quality, at least one of the visual indicators arranged on the perimeter of the network node in a location that corresponds to spatial directions for the determined network quality.
A method for facilitating positioning of a network node in a wireless sensor network, the method comprising:
- determining a network quality based upon communication activities of the network node in different spatial directions extending from the network node, the communication activities including routing of communications between other network nodes in the wireless sensor network, and
- activating at least one visual indicator which provides a visual indication of the network quality for said communication activities in one of the different spatial directions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.