Abstract: The invention relates to a method for forest fire early detection having the steps of implementing machine learning data (ML data) for the detection of forest fires in a forest fire early detection system, recording measurement data by a terminal device of the forest fire early detection system and determining result data by applying the ML data to the measurement data recorded by the terminal device, with the ML data being implemented in the terminal device, as well as a forest fire early detection system with a LoRaWAN network.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a forest fire early detection system having the steps of recording a temperature by way of a terminal and sending ID data from the terminal to a server, wherein the position of the terminal is unknown. The invention also relates to a terminal of a forest fire early detection system having a self-sufficient energy supply, a communication device, and a flight control device which is intended and suitable for changing the falling speed of the terminal and/or the direction of flight.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for generating electrical energy from temperature fluctuations having a first bimetal lamella coupled to an energy conversion device and a second bimetal lamella coupled to an energy conversion device, the energy conversion device being connected to a battery/energy storage device, the first bimetal lamella being different from the second bimetal lamella, and an energy conversion device comprising a bimetal lamella, a first piezoelectric element, the bimetal lamella being coupled to the first piezoelectric element, the energy conversion device having a second piezoelectric element, the second piezoelectric element being coupled to the bimetal lamella.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the position of an end device of a wildfire early detection system having the method steps of identifying the end device, detecting the dispensing position of the end device, assigning the dispensing position to an identified end device, and storing data from the dispensing position and the identification of the end device. The invention also relates to a wildfire early detection system comprising a large number of end devices and a server, wherein the exact position of the end devices in the installation is unknown.

Abstract: The invention relates to a forest fire early detection system with a terminal, wherein the terminal has a sensor unit, wherein the sensor unit has a first and a second bimetallic signal transmitter, wherein the two bimetallic signal transmitters are designed differently from one another. The invention further relates to a method for detecting forest fires with the method steps of detecting the amount of heat energy from a first bimetallic signal transmitter of a forest fire early detection system, converting the amount of heat energy into a deformation of the bimetal of the first bimetallic signal transmitter, generating a first signal through the deformation of the bimetal of the first bimetallic signal transmitter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for communicating in a LoRaWAN mesh gateway network, wherein the LoRaWAN mesh gateway network has multiple terminals, multiple gateways, and a network server. The LoRaWAN mesh gateway network has a second server suitable for executing server functions of the communication method that are intended for the network server in accordance with the LoRaWAN protocol.

Abstract: The invention relates to a LoRaWAN mesh gateway network having a network server, a plurality of first gateways, a second gateway and a plurality of terminal devices, wherein a terminal device comprises a sensor unit, a logic unit, a communication unit and a timekeeper, wherein the logic unit is intended for this purpose and suitable for evaluating the signals recorded by the sensor unit and the time measured by the timekeeper, as well as to a method for locating a forest fire.

Abstract: The invention relates to a forest fire early detection system and/or forest fire risk analysis system with a sensor unit and an evaluation unit for analyzing the measured signals supplied by the sensor unit, the sensor unit having a signal source for emitting a signal, which signal source is suitable and intended for passing a signal into a nearby test specimen, as well as a method for forest fire early detection and/or forest fire risk analysis.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for early detection of a forest fire using an end device having a sensor unit, the sensor unit performing signal detection in a first signal detection mode and in a second signal detection mode, and to a forest fire early detection system for performing the method.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for early detection of a forest fire using an end device having a sensor unit, the sensor unit performing signal detection in a first signal detection mode and in a second signal detection mode, and to a forest fire early detection system for performing the method.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for communication in a LoRaWAN mesh gateway network, wherein the LoRaWAN mesh gateway network has a plurality of end devices, a plurality of gateways and a network server. Here, one of the gateways performs server functions of the communication method that are intended for the network server (NS) according to the LoRaWAN protocol.

Abstract: The invention relates to the extension of a Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN), especially a Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN), specification for wireless battery powered systems in a regional, national or even global network to provide a solution, with which LoRaWAN-compatible end devices also benefit from range extension, which is achieved by dividing the gateways into several front-end gateways communicating with each other and with each other via a wireless multi-hop communication network and at least one border gateway.

Abstract: The invention relates to a forest fire early detection system comprising a mesh gateway network having a network server, a plurality of first gateways, a second gateway and a plurality of end devices, wherein the first gateway communicates directly with other gateways and end devices of the mesh gateway network only and the second gateway communicates with the network server, and a corresponding method for performing forest fire early detection.