Digi International Inc. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150304150 | LOW COMPLEXITY NARROWBAND INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION - In one embodiment a method for suppressing narrowband interference in an RF signal is provided. The method includes providing a block of baseband digital samples of the RF signal and computing n-1 stages of an n stage fast Fourier transform (FFT) on the block of the baseband digital samples to produce a first block of intermediate data points. A final threshold is computed based on values of the intermediate data points. A final stage of the n stage FFT is computed from the first block of intermediate data points to produce a block of output data points, and the output data points that have an energy above the final threshold are attenuated. | 10-22-2015 |
20150060314 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A QUICK START PACKAGING MURAL - Systems and methods for a quick start packaging mural are provided. In certain embodiments, a package comprises at least one electronic component; a container enclosing the at least one electronic component, wherein the container protects the at least one electronic component when transported to a user; and a packaging mural within the container, the packaging mural having information about the at least one electronic component, wherein the information and the at least one electronic components are simultaneously viewable when the at least one electronic component is accessible within the container. | 03-05-2015 |
20150051943 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INTEGRATING DEVICE DATA WITH CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT - A method of integrating device data into a customer relationship management (CRM) application comprises retrieving configuration data of the CRM application from a data storage device; retrieving device data associated with one or more devices from a device management system; and generating user-selectable options of a workflow configuration for the retrieved device data, the user-selectable workflow configuration options based on the retrieved configuration data of the CRM application. The method also comprises creating the workflow configuration based on user selections of the user-selectable options; and processing device data from the device management system according to the workflow configuration for the retrieved device data. | 02-19-2015 |
20150051717 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR JOINING A SMART ENERGY DEVICE TO A ZIGBEE NETWORK - One embodiment is directed to a method for joining a smart energy device to a ZigBee network. The method includes sending, from a ZigBee gateway to a database server, a first extended unique identifier (EUI) for the ZigBee gateway. The also method includes receiving a request from a first smart energy device to join the ZigBee gateway, the request including a second EUI corresponding to the first smart energy device. The second EUI from the first smart energy device is compared with the first one or more EUIs received from the database server. If the second EUI from the first smart energy device matches any of the first one or more EUIs, an install code or link key corresponding to the matched one of the first one or more EUIs is sent to the first smart energy device. Otherwise, an install code is requested from the user. | 02-19-2015 |
20140269843 | CHIRP SPREAD SPECTRUM SYSTEM AND METHOD - A radio frequency communication system. The system includes a radio frequency transmitter and a radio frequency receiver, wherein the radio frequency transmitter includes a modulation circuit and an RF modulator, wherein the radio frequency transmitter maps each block of K information bits into a block of N transmit symbols, transforms the block of N transmit symbols by using symbol block repetition and spreads the symbol blocks by multiplying the symbol blocks by a predefined chirp signal, and wherein the radio frequency receiver includes a chirp receiver operable to receive, demodulate and digitize a modulated radio frequency (RF) signal to form a digital baseband signal, and to recover a signal modulated using interleaved single carrier chirp spread spectrum modulation. | 09-18-2014 |
20140266914 | INDOOR POSITIONING WITH RADIO FREQUENCY CHIRP SIGNAL PROPAGATION DELAY MEASUREMENT - A radio frequency locator system and method. First, second and third reference devices are operable to transmit a plurality of spread spectrum chirp signals frequency offset from one another. An object device is operable to receive the plurality of spread spectrum chirp signals, the object device is further operable to evaluate the received plurality of spread spectrum chirp signals for relative phase shifts between the plurality of spread spectrum chirp signals and derive a fine propagation time between the reference devices and the object device using the phase shifts between the spread spectrum chirp signals. The reference devices determine their location independent of the object device and determine the location of the object device as a function of each of their locations and of their range to the object device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140266592 | NETWORK GATEWAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for adding a gateway to a first device having a first network connector. An embedded gateway module includes a processor, a memory connected to the processor and first and second network interfaces, wherein the first network connection uses a first network protocol and the second network connection uses a second network protocol. The embedded gateway module is installed in the first device, wherein installing includes sharing the first device's first network connector. The gateway then connects the gateway through the first network to a device manager application at a remote location, connects the gateway module to the second network, installs gateway program data for receiving data from a second device over the second network and storing the received data as channels of data and installs presentation program data for presenting the channel data to applications running on the cloud. | 09-18-2014 |
20140233545 | ESTABLISHING SECURE CONNECTION BETWEEN MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE AND WIRELESS HUB USING SECURITY CREDENTIALS OBTAINED FROM REMOTE SECURITY CREDENTIAL SERVER - A mobile computing device includes a first wireless local area network adapter; a wireless wide area network adapter configured to connect to a remote security credential server across a wireless wide area network; an optical scanner or a near field radio communication adapter. The mobile computing device is configured to obtain information regarding security credentials from at least one of an optical scan of an optical tag and a near field radio communication exchange with a near field radio communication tag; obtain the security credentials from the remote security credential server across the wireless wide area network by providing the information regarding the security credentials to the remote security credential server which responds with the security credentials; and use the security credentials to establish a secure wireless network connection between the first wireless local area network adapter and a second wireless local area network adapter of a wireless hub. | 08-21-2014 |
20140218252 | COMPACT BALANCED EMBEDDED ANTENNA - A planar antenna, such as included as a portion of printed circuit board assembly, can include a balanced configuration comprising a first conductive layer. The first conductive layer can include a first arm having a footprint extending in a first direction and a second arm having a footprint extending in a direction opposite the first direction. The second arm can be sized and shaped to be similar to the footprint of the first arm. | 08-07-2014 |
20140126392 | SYNCHRONIZED NETWORK FOR BATTERY BACKUP - Devices, systems, and techniques for a synchronized network for battery backup are described herein. A network device can establish a synchronized sleep schedule with the network while in a mains-power mode of operation. The network device can transmit data in the mains-power mode without regard for a transmission window of the synchronized sleep schedule. The network device can detect an interruption of mains power to itself and transition to a low-power mode of operation. The network device can then transmit data in the low-power mode, restricting data transmission to the transmission window of the synchronized sleep schedule. | 05-08-2014 |
20140115093 | REMOTE DATA EXCHANGE AND DEVICE MANAGEMENT WITH EFFICIENT FILE REPLICATION OVER HETEROGENEOUS COMMUNICATION TRANSPORTS - Systems and methods for the remote data exchange and device management with efficient file replication over heterogeneous communication transports. A user or application may provide a server with a communication bundle that may include a command and a data file. A transfer of the bundle from the server to one or more devices coupled to the server by a network over a first protocol may be initiated. Before the completion of the transfer, if a more cost effective connection becomes available the transfer of the bundle from the server to one or more devices may be completed via the more cost effective connection. The bundle may be transmitted in multiple segments. The individual segments may be transferred in any order and over various network protocols, and reassembled at the receiving device. | 04-24-2014 |
20140089502 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBJECT ABSTRACTION AND LOGGING - A system and method of communicating with a plurality of different types of devices. A device driver is defined for each type of device. The device driver creates and maintains a set of channels for each device; each channel represents a property of the device. Newly acquired data received from one of the devices is received at the device driver and published to the channel associated with the data. Publishing the newly acquired data to the channel associated with the data includes storing the newly acquired data in a channel database with a time stamp corresponding to the time the data was received. Control information for one of the devices is received at the device driver and associated with one of the channels. The control information is passed to the device being controlled. | 03-27-2014 |
20140074946 | EMBEDDED COMMUNICATION IN MESSAGE BASED TRANSPORTS - Systems and methods for utilizing unused space in expensive message based communication to embed messages from a sender device to a receiver device to maximize payload usage over a potentially fee-based messaging service. One or more machine-to-machine messages may be embedded in unutilized transport space when other communications, that may potentially be delivered over a fee-based network, are initiated at a device. The machine-to-machine message and other communications may be extracted from a combined message package at a receiving device and processed as if they were independently transported. Machine-to-machine messages may be segmented and embedded across multiple unrelated communication packages and later reassembled. | 03-13-2014 |
20140048608 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRING-RELAY CONFIGURATION IN DIGITAL THERMOSTATS - In a thermostat having a plurality of demand circuits and a thermostat controller, a method of controlling devices connected to the demand circuits. One or more demand circuits in a thermostat are connected to devices in an HVAC system. The thermostat is configured to associate each connected demand circuit with the device to which it is connected and control signals are routed from the thermostat controller to the one or more demand circuits to control devices associated with the demand circuits. | 02-20-2014 |
20140020061 | AUTOMATIC PROVISIONING IN MOBILE TO MOBILE PLATFORMS - Systems and methods for automatically provisioning devices that do not include or cannot provide a unique hardware identifier over a machine-to-machine network. A device or application may provide a server with a non-unique provisioning identifier during restricted communication between the server and the device. In response to receiving a provisioning identifier from a device, a server may generate a globally unique device identifier associated with the provisioning identifier for the individual device, and transmit the unique identifier to the device. The device may retain the unique identifier for future transactions. A request may be provided to a user, at the device, the server or any other interface, requesting that a newly identified device be authenticated. Upon authentication the device may communicate with the server with additional interactions that were not provided after provisioning and before authentication. | 01-16-2014 |
20140011483 | VEHICLE BUS ACCESS POINT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method of transmitting vehicle information from a vehicle to a server across an external network. A vehicle bus connector module is plugged into a vehicle bus through the vehicle's vehicle bus connector. The vehicle bus connector module is also communicatively connected to a personal communications device. Vehicle information is collected from the vehicle bus and combined with information captured by the personal communications device to form a driver log. The driver log is transmitted to the server via the external network. | 01-09-2014 |
20140000858 | ENERGY EFFICIENT THERMOSTAT | 01-02-2014 |
20130241697 | SPATIALLY AWARE SMART DEVICE PROVISIONING - Various system and techniques for spatially aware smart device provisioning are described herein. Location data indicating a physical location of the configuration device can be received from the configuration device. A subset of one or more smart devices can be received from a device management module. The subset of one or more smart devices can be based on stored physical locations of each smart device of one or more smart devices and a predetermined area. The subset of smart devices can be presented to the configuration device. The configuration device can present the subset of smart devices to a user and accept a user selection of a smart device from the subset of smart devices to provision. The user selection of the smart device can be received. The smart device can be provisioned based on the user selection. | 09-19-2013 |
20130114582 | WIRELESS MESH NETWORK DEVICE PROTOCOL TRANSLATION - A wireless mesh network system includes a first wireless mesh network device supporting a first wireless mesh network device protocol. An application supporting a second wireless mesh network device protocol is executed, and a driver translates between the application's second wireless mesh network device protocol and the first wireless mesh network device protocol such that the application can exchange data with the first wireless mesh network device. | 05-09-2013 |
20130114489 | WIRELESS MESH NETWORK CONTROLLER SYNCHRONIZATION - A set sleep period is coordinated among a plurality of mesh network nodes to conserve power. A controller is synchronized with an existing wireless mesh network by sending a network synchronization signal from the controller indicating that sleep timing information is lost, and receiving a reply from one or more wireless mesh network nodes within the existing wireless mesh network comprising sleep timing information for the wireless mesh network. | 05-09-2013 |
20130110996 | SMART ENERGY NETWORK CONFIGURATION USING LINK KEY DATABASE | 05-02-2013 |
20130109404 | LOCATION-BASED HOME SERVICES AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT | 05-02-2013 |
20130106439 | DIGITAL DELAY MEASUREMENT | 05-02-2013 |
20130104395 | SOCKET FOR SURFACE MOUNT MODULE | 05-02-2013 |
20130070864 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ENCODING DATA IN A PREAMBLE PATTERN - A system and method of encoding information in a preamble used in a frequency agile radio network. | 03-21-2013 |
20130003803 | LISTEN BEFORE TALK FREQUENCY AGILE RADIO SYNCHRONIZATION - A radio frequency communication system includes a transmitter that selects a frequency channel from among multiple frequency channels available to the transmitter and to a receiver, listens to ensure that a selected channel is unused before transmitting, and sends a preamble longer in time than a receiver scan time during which the receiver is operable to scan all frequency channels available to transmitter and receiver for the preamble. The receiver scans through the available frequency channels for a preamble, finds the preamble on a channel, and locks on to the channel on which the preamble was found. | 01-03-2013 |
20120307871 | RF CHIRP RECEIVER SYNCHRONIZATION - A radio frequency communication system includes a radio frequency transmitter having a chirp generator operable to transmit a first chirp signal, and transmit a second chirp signal that is circular shifted relative to the first chirp signal. A receiver receives the first chirp signal and the second chirp signal, such that the proportion of phase offset between the first and second chirp signals is proportional to the frequency offset of the received signals. The first and second chirp signals are despread, and the phase difference between the first and second chirp signals is used to determine a frequency offset of the received first and second chirp signals that is proportional to the phase difference between the first and second chirp signals. | 12-06-2012 |
20120303828 | CLOUD ENABLED VIRTUAL GATEWAY - Various embodiments include methods and systems for a cloud enabled virtual gateway. The virtual gateway can masquerade to a cloud-based application as a gateway at a geographic location. The virtual gateway can also receive a request from the cloud-based application for a device at the geographic location. The virtual gateway can then communicate with a third-party system to satisfy the request where the third-party system is communicatively coupled to the device. | 11-29-2012 |
20120300814 | RF CHIRP SIGNAL PROPAGATION DELAY MEASUREMENT - Distance between two radio frequency devices is estimated by receiving a plurality of spread spectrum chirp signals frequency offset from one another, and evaluating the received plurality of spread spectrum chirp signals for relative phase shifts between the plurality of spread spectrum chirp signals. A fine propagation time is derived using the phase shifts between the spread spectrum chirp signals. A frequency domain despreading window is shifted to reduce the influence of time-delayed near multipath signals in receiving the plurality of spread spectrum chirp signals. | 11-29-2012 |
20120298763 | DISTRIBUTED NETWORKED THERMOSTAT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Various embodiments include methods and systems for a distributed networked device controller such as a thermostat. | 11-29-2012 |
20120252235 | SOCKET FOR SURFACE MOUNT MODULE - In an example, an apparatus, such as a header pin, includes an insulator and a first pin disposed at least partially within the insulator. The first pin includes a first portion configured to electrically couple to a circuit board. A second portion is configured to releasably engage a pin of a surface mount module. The second portion includes a retention feature configured to selectively retain the second portion in engagement with the pin of the surface mount module. The second portion is movable between a first position and a second position, wherein the second portion is biased toward the first position. The second portion is movable to the second position to allow the pin of the surface mount module to pass by the retention feature. The second portion is configured to move back toward the first position to engage the pin of the surface mount module. | 10-04-2012 |
20120198435 | REMOTE FIRMWARE UPGRADE DEVICE MAPPING - A networked firmware management system is operable to manage firmware in one or more target devices by receiving one or more firmware target specifications from one or more target devices, the firmware target specifications each identifying a firmware target in the target device. The server stores the one or more received firmware target specification, associated with the one or more firmware targets in the target device. When the server receives a firmware update, the server matches a firmware attribute of the received firmware update against the one or more firmware target specifications stored in the server, and sends the received firmware update to any firmware targets in the target device having a firmware target specification that matches the received firmware update attribute. | 08-02-2012 |
20120198434 | VIRTUAL BUNDLING OF REMOTE DEVICE FIRMWARE UPGRADE - A networked firmware management system is operable to manage firmware in one or more target devices by receiving a virtual bundled firmware update package comprising two or more individual firmware update files. The system identifies one or more networked target devices having a virtual firmware target matching the virtual bundled firmware update package, and sends the virtual bundled firmware update package to the virtual firmware target on the one or more networked devices. | 08-02-2012 |
20120083228 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING A WIRELESS DEVICE - Various embodiments include a devices, systems, and methods to configure a wireless device. A wireless device may comprise a housing, a wireless communication interface, and a configuration interface. The housing may be configured to be mounted to an outlet supplying power to the wireless device via an electrical conductor. The wireless communication interface may be capable of connecting the wireless device to a wireless network. The configuration interface may be coupled to both the electrical conductor and the wireless communication interface and communicate with a configuration device directly attached to the electrical conductor. The configuration device may communicate configuration instructions to the wireless device over the electrical conductor by modulating power on the electrical conductor. The configuration interface may configure the wireless interface to connect the wireless device to the wireless network based on the configuration instructions. | 04-05-2012 |
20120039310 | LOCATION OF MOBILE NETWORK NODES - The physical position of an unknown node in a network is determined by sending a first sent WiFi signal from one of an unknown node and a first reference node having a known location, and repeating the sent WiFi signal in the other of the unknown node and first reference node with a first reply WiFi signal. A distance is derived between the unknown node and the first reference node from the time of flight of the first sent and first reply WiFi signals. A second WiFi signal is sent from one of the unknown node and a second fixed node having a known location, and repeating the sent second WiFi signal in the other of the unknown node and second reference node with a second reply WiFi signal, and A distance is derived between the unknown node and the second reference node from the time of flight of the second sent and second reply WiFi signals. A physical location of the unknown node is determined based on the derived distances between the unknown node and the first and second reference nodes. | 02-16-2012 |
20120039178 | WIRELESS MESH NETWORK NODE TEST ARRAY - A wireless mesh network test system comprises a plurality of mesh network nodes, each comprising an antenna connection. An antenna network couples the antenna connections of the plurality of nodes, and a plurality of attenuators are distributed in the antenna network such that the attenuators simulate distance between the wireless mesh network nodes. | 02-16-2012 |
20110320636 | SMART ENERGY GATEWAY WITH INTEGRATED PLUG - Various embodiments include a smart energy gateway. The smart energy gateway includes a housing and a power plug integrated into the housing. The smart energy gateway can be mounted to an electrical outlet via the power plug. The smart energy gateway also includes a controller configured to accept transmissions from a smart energy network and communicate a subset of the transmissions to an external network. Other devices and methods are disclosed. | 12-29-2011 |
20110316717 | VIRTUAL SMART ENERGY METER WITH INTEGRATED PLUG - Various embodiments include a virtual meter. The virtual meter includes a controller configured to communicate, with a utility meter, meter information, using a first communications protocol. The controller may also be configured to translate between the meter information and virtual meter information. The controller may further be configured to communicate, with a smart energy network, the virtual meter information using a second communications protocol. Other devices and methods are disclosed. | 12-29-2011 |
20110302190 | SMART ENERGY NETWORK CONFIGURATION USING LINK KEY DATABASE - Various embodiments include a method and system for configuring a smart energy network using a link key database. An energy services interface, on the smart energy network, extracts a unique identifier associated with a smart energy device from a communication with the smart energy device. The energy services interface may then use the unique identifier to receive information associated with the smart energy device from the link key database. | 12-08-2011 |
20110299684 | SMART ENERGY NETWORK CONFIGURATION USING AN AUXILIARY GATEWAY - Various embodiments include a method and system for configuring a smart energy network using an auxiliary gateway where an auxiliary gateway is capable of communicating with an energy services interface and a link key database. The auxiliary gateway, on a smart energy network, extracts the unique identifier from a communication related to the smart energy device. The auxiliary gateway may then use the unique identifier to retrieve the smart energy device information from the link key database and communicate the smart energy device information to the energy services interface. The energy services interface may then use the smart energy device information to decrypt a communication from the smart energy device or access manufacturer specific functionality of the smart energy device. | 12-08-2011 |
20110274020 | WIRELESS MESH NETWORK CONTROLLER SYNCHRONIZATION - A set sleep period is coordinated among a plurality of mesh network nodes to conserve power. A controller is synchronized with an existing wireless mesh network by sending a network synchronization signal from the controller indicating that sleep timing information is lost, and receiving a reply from one or more wireless mesh network nodes within the existing wireless mesh network comprising sleep timing information for the wireless mesh network. | 11-10-2011 |
20110273991 | LOCATION OF MOBILE NETWORK NODES - The physical position of a movable node in a network is determined by sending a first signal from a first reference node to at least a second reference node and the unknown node. The unknown node receives the first signal and sends a second signal to at least the second reference node in phase with the first signal. The first signal and the second signal are received in the second reference node and the phase of the received signals is compared to determine the position of the unknown node based on the phase difference between the received first and second signals. | 11-10-2011 |
20110264800 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A CLIENT CONNECTION MANAGER - A method and apparatus for a connection manager have been disclosed. By providing for persistent connections with clients, the connection manager allows for servers to communicate with clients, which would otherwise be inaccessible. | 10-27-2011 |
20110215975 | SATELLITE ANTENNA CONNECTION - An example satellite assembly includes a cover and an antenna attached to the cover. The satellite assembly further includes a base and a satellite module attached to the base such that the antenna is connected to the satellite module when the cover is secured to the base to form a sealed enclosure. | 09-08-2011 |
20110188420 | I/O DRIVEN NODE COMMISSIONING IN A SLEEPING MESH NETWORK - A set sleep period is coordinated among a plurality of mesh network nodes to conserve power. A neighbor wireless mesh network node in proximity to a second node to be added to the mesh network is actuated, causing the neighbor wireless mesh network to be woke from a sleep state. The second node is added to the wireless mesh network by exchanging data with the neighbor wireless mesh network node to join the network. | 08-04-2011 |
20110188419 | MESH NETWORK NODE SERVICE IN A SLEEPING MESH NETWORK - A set sleep period is coordinated among a plurality of mesh network nodes to conserve power, and a temporarily reduced sleep period is coordinated among the plurality of nodes to facilitate mesh network node service or installation activity. The reduced sleep period comprises scheduling a period of time during which the sleep period is reduced, or reverting from the temporarily reduced sleep period to the original set sleep period after predetermined period of time. Temporarily reducing the sleep period includes distributing a message throughout the mesh network when the mesh network nodes are awake. | 08-04-2011 |
20110176651 | Method and Apparatus for Digital I/O Expander Chip with Multi-Function Timer Cells - A method and apparatus for digital I/O expander chip with multi-function timer cells have been disclosed. A series of match reload registers load a series of match registers which are driven by a master counter. The status of the match registers can be retrieved through ports. The master counter is reloaded on rollover by a count limit register. The master counter has increment/decrement control and the rollover can be used in an interrupt control block to generate an interrupt request. | 07-21-2011 |
20110156981 | PLANAR WIDEBAND ANTENNA - An approximately planar wideband antenna can include a first conductive portion coupled to a dielectric portion and mechanically supported by the dielectric portion, the first conductive portion including at least one edge corresponding to a planar conic section, such as including one or more of an elliptic, a parabolic, or a hyperbolic shape. Such an antenna can be electrically coupled to a matching circuit, the matching circuit configured provide a specified input impedance corresponding to a specified range of frequencies. Such a range of frequencies can span at least an octave, or more. | 06-30-2011 |
20110138035 | LOCATION OF MOBILE NETWORK NODES - The physical position of a movable node in a network is determined by sending a broadcast message from the movable node repeated through a path comprising at least a first node, a second node, and a third node, wherein the first, second, and third nodes have known locations. The movable node receives the broadcast message from the first, second, and third nodes, and measures the time from sending the repeated broadcast message to the time the broadcast message is received from each of the first, second, and third nodes. The movable node determines the distance from the movable node to the first, second, and third network nodes by using at least a known turnaround time and known message propagation velocity, such that the position of the movable node is determined. | 06-09-2011 |
20110125886 | System and method for object abstraction and logging - A system and method of communicating with a plurality of different types of devices. A device driver is defined for each type of device. The device driver creates and maintains a set of channels for each device; each channel represents a property of the device. Newly acquired data received from one of the devices is received at the device driver and published to the channel associated with the data. Publishing the newly acquired data to the channel associated with the data includes storing the newly acquired data in a channel database with a time stamp corresponding to the time the data was received. Control information for one of the devices is received at the device driver and associated with one of the channels. The control information is passed to the device being controlled. | 05-26-2011 |
20110122043 | WIDEBAND ANTENNA FOR PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS - A planar antenna, such as included as a portion of a wireless communication assembly, can include a dielectric portion, a first conductive portion, extending along a surface of the dielectric portion, and a second conductive portion, parallel to the first conductive portion, extending along the surface of the dielectric portion, the second conductive portion laterally offset from the first portion to provide a specified lateral separation between the first and second conductive portions. The first and second conductive portions can be configured to provide respective resonant operating frequencies ranges offset from each other, and the first and second conductive portions can be configured to follow a commonly-shared path, including at least one bend, along the surface of the dielectric portion. | 05-26-2011 |
20110105062 | COMPACT SATELLITE ANTENNA - An apparatus, such as an antenna assembly, can include a flexible dielectric sheet, a first flexible conductor coupled to the flexible dielectric sheet, a second flexible conductor coupled to the flexible dielectric sheet, a matching section electrically coupled to the first and second conductors, and a hollow dielectric housing having a curved interior surface. The first and second flexible conductors can be sized, shaped, and laterally spaced a specified distance from each other to provide a specified input impedance corresponding to a specified range of operating frequencies for use in wireless information transfer between the antenna assembly and a satellite. The first and second flexible conductors can be located along the curved interior surface of the hollow dielectric housing following an arc-shaped path along the curved interior surface. | 05-05-2011 |
20100332605 | MESH NETWORK BRIDGE ROUTING - A wireless mesh network server is operable to receive a message to one or more mesh network nodes from a client external to the mesh network, the message comprising an alias identifying the one or more mesh network nodes. The server is further operable to identify the one or more receiving mesh network nodes by the received message alias via an alias table, and forward the received message to the one or more mesh network nodes identified by the alias. | 12-30-2010 |
20100290441 | ROUTE SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROMOTING ROUTE DISTRIBUTIONS AMONG MULTIPLE DEVICES IN A WIRELESS MESH NETWORK - In a mesh network having a plurality of wireless nodes, including a first, second, third and fourth node, wherein each node includes a routing table, a method of route discovery. A first route request message is broadcasted from the first node and received at the second and third nodes. In the second node, a link quality metric is calculated as a function of link quality of the link to the first node and as a function of capacity in the routing table of the second node. In the third node, a link quality metric is calculated as a function of link quality of the link to the first node and as a function of capacity in the routing table of the third node. A second route request message is broadcasted from the second node and received by the fourth node, wherein the second route request message includes the link quality metric calculated by the second node. A third route request message is broadcasted from the third node and received by the fourth node, wherein the third route request message includes the link quality metric calculated by the third node. A route path is selected as a function of the link quality metric calculated by the second node and the link quality metric calculated by the third node. | 11-18-2010 |
20100272094 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVELY SETTING THE PROBABILITY OF GENERATING A BEACON BROADCAST IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A system and method of operating a wireless network having a plurality of nodes. Each node determines whether to replace the beacon node. When a node determines that the beacon node is to be replaced, the node determines whether it should nominate itself as a potential replacement beacon node. The decision whether to nominate itself as a potential replacement beacon node is a function of a nomination probability associated with the node. If the node determines that it should nominate itself as a potential replacement beacon node, the node sends out one or more beacon signals. Each node then adaptively modifies the probability of nominating itself as a function of the number of beacon signals received from other nodes. Beacon signals are received by potential replacement nodes and, if the potential replacement beacon node has received a beacon signal from a higher ranking potential replacement beacon node, the node removes itself as a candidate for the replacement beacon node. | 10-28-2010 |
20100271993 | METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING SLEEPING NODES IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A system and method of operating a wireless network having a plurality of nodes. Each node determines whether to replace the beacon node. When a node determines that the beacon node is to be replaced, the node determines whether it should nominate itself as a potential replacement beacon node. The decision whether to nominate itself as a potential replacement beacon node is a function of a random number generated by the node. If the node determines that it should nominate itself as a potential replacement beacon node, the node sends out one or more beacon signals. Beacon signals are received by potential replacement nodes and, if the potential replacement beacon node has received a beacon signal from a higher ranking potential replacement beacon node, the node removes itself as a candidate for the replacement beacon node. | 10-28-2010 |
20100271974 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REJOINING SLEEPING SUBNETS IN A WIRELESS MESH NETWORK - A system and method for joining nodes from a first and a second subnet into a network. A probability is established that a node within the first subnet will enter scout mode during its sleep interval, wherein the probability is less than 100%. If the node enters scout mode, a message is broadcasted from the node in scout mode to other nodes inviting nodes in other subnets to join with the first subnet, wherein the message includes the node's network identifier. If the message broadcasted by the node in scout mode is detected by a node in a second subnet, the node in the second subnet determines whether nodes in the second subnet have the same network identifier as the network identifier in the message broadcast by the node in scout mode. If the nodes in the second subnet have the same network identifier as the network identifier in the message broadcast by the node in scout mode, the nodes in the first and second subnets are combined into a combined network. | 10-28-2010 |
20100251269 | APPLICATION-SPECIFIC SERIAL PORT REDIRECTOR - A method and system are illustrated to redirect serial device requests from an application on a computer to a plurality of serial devices connected to the computer via a network. The method and system include receiving serial device requests from one or more applications existing on the computer. Each serial device request may be associated with a specific application protocol and directed to one of the plurality of serial devices over the network. The method and system include determining, for a respective serial device request, an application protocol associated with the respective serial device request and forwarding the respective serial device request as a serial redirector message according to the determined application protocol. The method and system include associating the forwarded serial redirector message with a transport protocol. The method and system further include transmitting the serial redirector message over the network as a function of a transport protocol associated with the serial redirector message. | 09-30-2010 |
20100175916 | Method and Apparatus for Configurable Circuitry - A method and apparatus for configurable circuitry have been disclosed. | 07-15-2010 |
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