System, method and apparatus for operating mode configuration in a wireless sensor network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9762979-B1
Application number	US-201514967727-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Dec 14, 2015
Priority date	May 13, 2014
Publication date	Sep 12, 2017
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017

Abstract

A remote user can specify data collection and processing characteristics of a wireless sensor network. In one example, a configuration station enables a user to activate/deactivate different sensor channels of data to support a delivery of data streams to customers. In another example, a configuration station enables a user to specify reporting intervals for different sensor channels of data. In yet another example, a configuration station enables a user to specify transformation functions for different sensor channels of data. The remote configuration process can be applied to every sensor in every sensor module unit attached to every wireless node at a monitored location.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device, comprising:
a wireless transceiver;
a plurality of sensors enclosed in a housing of the device, wherein during a first operating mode of the device, the device transmits, via the wireless transceiver, a first stream of measurement data from a first of the plurality of sensors to a gateway device at a monitored location and transmits, via the wireless transceiver, a second stream of measurement data from a second of the plurality of sensors to the gateway device; and
a controller configured to cause, in response to a receipt of configuration setup information from the gateway device via the wireless transceiver, the device to transition from the first operating mode to a second operating mode, wherein during the second operating mode of the device, the device continues the first stream of measurement data from the first of the plurality of sensors to the gateway device via the wireless transceiver and discontinues the second stream of measurement data from the second of the plurality of sensors to the gateway device via the wireless transceiver,
wherein the device includes a sensor module including the plurality of sensors and a wireless node supporting the wireless transceiver, the sensor module connected to the wireless node via a wired communication interface that includes a serial data connection and a serial clock connection.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second operating mode prevents the second of the plurality of sensors from taking sensor measurements.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second operating mode prevents a second controller in the sensor module from receiving sensor measurements from the second of the plurality of sensors.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second operating mode prevents a second controller in the sensor module from transmitting sensor measurement data from the second of the plurality of sensors to the wireless node.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second operating mode prevents the wireless node from transmitting sensor measurement data from the second of the plurality of sensors to the gateway device.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the monitored location is a building.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the wireless transceiver is based on the IEEE 802.15.4 protocol.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the wired communication interface is a Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) bus.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first of the plurality of sensors performs measurements of a signal received from a second device.

10. A method performed by a device, comprising:
transmitting, during a first operating mode of the device, a first stream of measurement data from a first of a plurality of sensors in the device and a second stream of measurement data from a second of the plurality of sensors to a gateway device at a monitored location via a wireless transceiver in the device, the plurality of sensors enclosed in a housing of the device;
receiving configuration setup information from the gateway device via the wireless transceiver; and
transitioning the device, in response to the configuration setup information received from the gateway device, from the first operating mode to a second operating mode, wherein during the second operating mode of the device, the device continues the first stream of measurement data from the first of the plurality of sensors to the gateway device via the wireless transceiver and discontinues the second stream of measurement data from the second of the plurality of sensors to the gateway device via the wireless transceiver,
wherein the device includes a sensor module including the plurality of sensors and a wireless node supporting the wireless transceiver, the sensor module connected to the wireless node via a wired communication interface that includes a serial data connection and a serial clock connection.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising preventing, in the second operating mode, the second of the plurality of sensors from taking sensor measurements.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising preventing, in the second operating mode, a second controller in the sensor module from receiving sensor measurements from the second of the plurality of sensors.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising preventing, in the second operating mode, a second controller in the sensor module from transmitting sensor measurement data from the second of the plurality of sensors to the wireless node.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising preventing, in the second operating mode, the wireless node from transmitting sensor measurement data from the second of the plurality of sensors to the gateway device.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the monitored location is a building.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the wireless transceiver is based on the IEEE 802.15.4 protocol.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the wired communication interface is a Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) bus.

18. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first of the plurality of sensors performs measurements of a signal received from a second device.

Assignees

• Senseware Inc

Inventors

• Stamatakis Julien G
• Al-Momen Serene

Classifications

• G06F3/0482

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• G01D4/002

  Remote reading of utility meters · CPC title

• H04W4/70

  Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] · CPC title

• H04L67/10

  in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) · CPC title

• H04Q2209/40

  using a wireless architecture · CPC title