Abstract: A method and system for transmitting, receiving, and collecting information related to a plurality of working components, such as street lamps, allows for efficient and effective monitoring and controlling of working components through short-distance radio communications at low power levels. In a preferred implementation of the present invention, a communications network includes a plurality of transceiver modules, each of which is secured and operably connected to a working component. These transceiver modules transmit and receive radio communications or “messages” representative of the status of the working component from one another in a controlled manner, with each message ultimately being directed to an area control module.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 6, 2001
Date of Patent:
May 23, 2006
Assignee:
Telemics, Inc.
Inventors:
Gerald E. Janusz, Stephen C. Payne, Timothy J. Prell, Paul van der Pol