Abstract: A wireless communications network which provides directed transmissions between components of the network is provided. The components within the wireless communications include a master apparatus, a plurality of remote devices, and a plurality of repeaters. The components within the wireless communications network communicate using messages which have a control field and at least one information field. Information within the control field is used by components to make determinations for retransmitting the message, or transmitting a predefined response to the message, such as a signal strength response. The components within the network use the messages to make a determination of a communications target, which may be used as a primary contact for transmitting information, automatically, and may repeat the determination at predetermined intervals.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 13, 2006
Date of Patent:
June 29, 2010
Assignee:
Inovonics Corporation
Inventors:
Neal Shurmantine, Daryl Burkhard, Steven T. Dunbar, Donald J. Hume, Nathan Koonce, Steve Koonce, Preston Pierce
Abstract: A wireless communications network which provides directed transmissions between components of the network is provided. The components within the wireless communications include a master apparatus, a plurality of remote devices, and a plurality of repeaters. The components within the wireless communications network communicate using messages which have a control field and at least one information field. Information within the control field is used by components to make determinations for retransmitting the message, or transmitting a predefined response to the message, such as a signal strength response. The components within the network use the messages to make a determination of a communications target, which may be used as a primary contact for transmitting information, automatically, and may repeat the determination at predetermined intervals.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 30, 2004
Date of Patent:
June 30, 2009
Assignee:
Inovonics Corporation
Inventors:
Neal Shurmantine, Daryl Burkhard, Steven T. Dunbar, Donald J. Hume, Nathan Koonce, Steve Koonce, Preston Pierce