Abstract: A wireless communication system includes an Internet of Things (IoT) device, an Access Point (AP) device, and a cloud. The IoT device is configured to operate in a Power Save Mode that includes a plurality of awake states and a plurality of sleep states. The AP device is configured to receive a plurality of requests and a plurality of Power Save (PS) polls from the IoT device. The cloud is configured to receive the plurality of requests from the AP device and send a response for each one of the plurality of requests to the AP device. The AP device is configured to buffer the response and send the buffered response to the IoT device upon receipt of a respective PS poll.

Abstract: A wireless communication system includes gateway, a server, and a wireless device. The server is configured to send a heartbeat of a plurality of heartbeats to the wireless device upon expiration of a respective heartbeat interval of a plurality of heartbeat intervals. The wireless device is configured to send a plurality of Power Save polls to the Access Point device, wherein each Power Save poll of the plurality of Power Save polls retrieves a respective heartbeat of the plurality of heartbeats.

Abstract: A method of designing a fire detection system including: determining a location of one or more fire detection devices within the building; and generating a map that displays the location of one or more fire detection device.

Abstract: An event notification system includes a wireless device, an Access Point device, a server, and a user application. The server is configured to receive a plurality of heartbeats from the wireless device and through the Access Point device, and send a heartbeat response of a plurality of heartbeat responses in response to a respective heartbeat of the plurality of heartbeats. The user application is configured to send enable and disable commands to the server. The enable command is sent to the wireless device as part of the next heartbeat response of the plurality of heartbeat responses. The disable command is sent to the wireless device after the server receives an event condition from the wireless device through the AP device.

Abstract: A method of determining a relative location of one or more access controls is provided. The method including: detecting a first wireless signal from a first access control; determining a unique device identifier (UDID) for the first access control in response to the first wireless signal; determining a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of the first wireless signal; and generating a location fingerprint to associate the RSSI of the first wireless signal with the UDID for the first access control.

Abstract: A method of determining a location of one or more access controls utilizing an individual carrying a mobile device is provided. The method including: detecting a first wireless signal; determining a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of the first wireless signal; determining a distance between a mobile device and a first access control in response to the RSSI of the first wireless signal; determining a location of the mobile device when the first wireless signal is detected; and determining a location of the first access control in response to the location of the mobile device and the distance between the mobile device and the first access control.

Abstract: An event notification system includes a wireless device, an Access Point device, a server, and a user application. The server is configured to receive a plurality of heartbeats from the wireless device and through the Access Point device, and send a heartbeat response of a plurality of heartbeat responses in response to a respective heartbeat of the plurality of heartbeats. The user application is configured to send enable and disable commands to the server. The enable command is sent to the wireless device as part of the next heartbeat response of the plurality of heartbeat responses. The disable command is sent to the wireless device after the server receives an event condition from the wireless device through the AP device.

Abstract: A method of operating an access control system including a plurality of access controls each operating as a node including: receiving a node information from one or more nodes of the access control system, the one or more nodes including an origination node and a destination node; determining one or more routes between the origination node and the destination node in response to the node information or a minimum hop distance between the originating node and the head node and a minimum hop distance between any intermediate routing node and the head node; receiving a reroute message indicating a failed node between the destination node and the origination node; and determining an alternate path from the origination node to the destination node around the failed node in response to the one or more routes.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of conserving energy while seeking to wirelessly actuate an access control using a mobile device is provided. The method including: searching for a wireless signal at a first rate; detecting a wireless signal; generating a zone of interest; detecting positional data of a mobile device; and searching for a wireless signal at a second rate greater than the first rate when positional data of the mobile device indicates that the mobile device is within the zone of interest.

Abstract: A method of operating an access control system comprising a plurality of access controls, the method comprising: determining an energy metric of each of the plurality of access controls; determining a latency metric of each of the plurality of access controls; transmitting the energy metric of each of the plurality of access controls; transmitting the latency metric of each of the plurality of access controls; collecting the energy metric and the latency metric at a head node or collecting energy metric at each of the plurality of access controls from a 1-hop transmission distance; and determining a data route through the plurality of access controls in response to the energy metric of each of the plurality of access controls and the latency metric of each of the plurality of access controls.

Abstract: A method of registering distributed devices includes discovering a plurality of devices at a central panel or server, localizing the devices, and authorizing the devices with a mobile device communicating with the central panel or server. The method also includes registering the devices with the central panel. The model can include verifying link quality with each of the devices before registering the devices with the central panel by comparing signal quality between each device and a central panel with a pre-defined threshold level.

Abstract: A method of designing a fire suppression system including: generating one or more fire suppression system designs in response to building information, building requirements, and pre-defined optimization preferences; receiving a user input selection for fire suppression system parameters in real-time; refining the one or more fire suppression system designs in response to input selections for fire suppression system parameters; and receiving a user input selection for a final chosen design of the one or more fire suppression system designs.

Abstract: A method of designing a fire detection system comprising: determining a probability of a fire in a room; determining a number of fire detection devices for a fire detection system within the room in response to the probability of the fire in the room; determining a number of fire suppression devices for the fire detection system within the room in response to the probability of a fire in the room; and determining a location of each of the fire detection devices within the room and a location of the fire suppression devices within the room.

Abstract: A method for implementing an image data communication protocol by a panel is provided. The panel is communicatively coupled over a wireless network to alarm sensors and image sensors. The panel requests, under the image data communication protocol, image data from the image sensor by sending an image request packet to the image sensor. The panel receives, under the image data communication protocol, image data as an image data packet from the image sensor.

Abstract: A method of determining a probability of a fire within one or more rooms of a building comprising: determining a geometry of a room in response to a floor plan; determining whether one or more articles are located within the room and a flammability of each of the one or more articles; determining whether one or more hazards are located within the room; and determining a probability of a fire in the room in response to at least one or more articles are located within the room, the flammability of each of the one or more articles, and the one or more hazards are located within the room.

Abstract: A method of conserving energy while seeking to wirelessly actuate an access control using a mobile device is provided. The method including: projecting a first wireless signal at a first rate; detecting the first wireless signal indicating that a mobile device is located at a first distance away from a first access control; obtaining a credential from the mobile device; transmitting the credential to a group of access controls; and projecting a second wireless signal at a second rate for a selected time period.

Abstract: A method of determining placement of pipes within a fire suppression system including: obtaining a layout of nozzles within a room for a fire suppression system; determining a number of pipes, a length of each of the pipes, and a location of each of the pipes to connect each nozzle within the room to a fire suppression agent source in response to the layout of nozzles within the room; determining locations of junctions and elbows to interconnect the pipes; and determining whether the pipe, junctions, and elbows violate a piping constraint.

Abstract: A method of determining a destination of an individual carrying a mobile device including: detecting a first sequence of signal strengths between a mobile device and one or more access controls over a first time period; detecting an access request from the mobile device to a final destination access control of the one or more access controls along a first route when the first time period has expired; associating the first sequence of signal strengths over the first time period with the first route to the final destination access control; detecting a second sequence of signal strengths between the mobile device and one or more access controls over a second time period; and determining that the second sequence of signal strength correlates with the first sequence of signal strengths and that the mobile device is on the first route to the final destination access control during the second time period.

Abstract: A method of detecting passage by an individual carrying a mobile device past an impediment operably connected to an access control is provided. The method including: detecting positional data of a mobile device; transmitting an access request from the mobile device to an access control operably connected to an impediment; detecting at least one of a sound from the impediment and a motion of the impediment; and determining that an individual carrying the mobile device has moved past the impediment in response to at least one of the sound from the impediment, the motion of the impediment, and the positional data of the mobile device.

Abstract: A method of determining placement of nozzles within a fire suppression system comprising: determining a geometry of a room in response to a floor plan; determining a type of fire suppression agent required in response to at least one of articles in the room and hazards in the room; determining an amount of fire suppression agent required in response to at least one of the articles in the room, hazards in the room, the geometry of the room, average temperature in the room, and average pressure within the room; and determining a number of nozzles, a type of each of the nozzles, a location of each of the nozzles within the room in response to at least the amount of fire suppression agent required.