System, method and apparatus for wireless sensor network configuration
AssigneeSenseware, Inc.
InventorsJulien G. Stamatakis, Serene Al-Momen
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Abstract
A remote user can specify data collection and processing characteristics of a wireless sensor network. In one example, a configuration station enables a user to activate/deactivate different sensor channels of data to support a delivery of data streams to customers. In another example, a configuration station enables a user to specify reporting intervals for different sensor channels of data. In yet another example, a configuration station enables a user to specify transformation functions for different sensor channels of data. The remote configuration process can be applied to every sensor in every sensor module unit attached to every wireless node at a monitored location.
Claims18
A device, comprising:
- a wireless node having a controller and a wireless transceiver configured to receive configuration setup information from a gateway device at a monitored location via wireless communication, the wireless node further having a wired interface that includes a serial data connection and a serial clock connection;
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- a sensor module that is connected to the wireless node via the wired interface, the sensor module having a plurality of sensors,
- wherein the received configuration setup information is used by the device to change a sensor data reporting interval from a first reporting period to a second reporting period, wherein the second reporting period is different than a reporting period of a second wireless node at the monitored location, wherein the sensor data reporting interval controls a rate at which the controller in the wireless node collects sensor data derived from measurements by the plurality sensors in the sensor module via the wired interface for subsequent forwarding by the wireless node to the gateway device via wireless communication.
A device, comprising:
- a plurality of sensors;
- a wireless transceiver configured to receive configuration setup information from a gateway device at a monitored location via wireless communication;
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- a controller configured to change, in response to the configuration setup information received from the gateway device, a sensor data reporting interval from a first reporting period to a second reporting period, wherein the second reporting period is different than a reporting period for a second device at the monitored location, wherein the sensor data reporting interval for the device controls a rate at which the controller collects sensor data from an interface module via a first wired interface having a serial data connection and a serial clock connection, the collected sensor data subsequently reported to the gateway device via wireless communication, wherein the interface module is connected to a meter device via a second wired interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.