Abstract: A method for transmitting a beacon for a star network in manufacturing automation, for use in a communications protocol, such as IEEE Standard 802.15.4e, for manufacturing automation, using at least one gateway and at least one sensor node, wherein the beacon comprises a field including information about a number of base time slots in a superframe.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 3, 2011
Publication date:
September 6, 2012
Applicants:
ANF Data spol. s.r.o., Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors:
Michael Bahr, Jan Husak, Frank Lahner, Norbert Vicari