Method and apparatus of sensor network supporting bidirectional event detection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9801134-B2
Application number	US-201514801322-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 16, 2015
Priority date	Mar 24, 2011
Publication date	Oct 24, 2017
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017

Abstract

A communication method of a coordinator in a bidirectional event transmission sensor network comprising a sensor node and the coordinator is provided. The method includes sensing, in an uplink section, whether a signal having energy greater than or equal to a predetermined magnitude is received, the signal indicating occurrence of an uplink event detected by the sensor node, and transmitting, to the sensor node in a downlink section, a synchronization packet that is used for receiving the uplink event or for transmitting a downlink event in response to the coordinator detecting the downlink event or sensing the signal having energy greater than or equal to the predetermined magnitude in the uplink section. The bidirectional event transmission sensor network has a structure of a super frame that includes at least one standby slot (SS) including the uplink section and the downlink section.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A communication method of a sensor node in a bidirectional event transmission sensor network including a sensor node and a coordinator, the method comprising:
informing, in an uplink section, the coordinator of whether an uplink event occurs, the uplink event being detected by the sensor node; and
receiving, in a downlink section, a synchronization packet that is used for transmitting the uplink event or for receiving a downlink event, based upon downlink transmission from the coordinator to the sensor node being sensed, the downlink event being detected by the coordinator,
wherein the bidirectional event transmission sensor network has a structure of a super frame that comprises at least one standby slot (SS) comprising the uplink section and the downlink section,
wherein in the each section, at least one mode of the coordinator and the sensor node is determined based on whether or not the uplink event or the downlink event occurs, and wherein if both the uplink event and the downlink event do not occur, then in the uplink section, the coordinator maintains wake-up mode and the sensor node maintains sleep mode, and in the downlink section, the coordinator maintains sleep mode and the sensor node maintains wake-up mode only for a predetermined time.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the informing comprises: transmitting, to the coordinator, a signal having energy greater than or equal to a predetermined magnitude in response to the sensor node detecting the uplink event.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the informing comprises: changing a state of the sensor node from sleep mode to wake-up mode, to inform the coordinator that the uplink event occurs; and changing the state of the sensor node from wake-up mode to sleep mode after informing the coordinator of the occurrence of the uplink event.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: sensing, in the downlink section, the downlink transmission from the coordinator to the sensor node.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving comprises: changing a state to a sleep mode in response to the downlink transmission not being sensed.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the synchronization packet comprises a code pattern for identifying the coordinator.

7. A communication method of a sensor node in a bidirectional event transmission sensor network including a sensor node and a coordinator, the method comprising:
informing, in an uplink section, the coordinator of whether an uplink event occurs, the uplink event being detected by the sensor node;
receiving, in a downlink section, a synchronization packet that is used for transmitting the uplink event or for receiving a downlink event, based upon downlink transmission from the coordinator to the sensor node being sensed, the downlink event being detected by the coordinator; and
transmitting, to the coordinator in an access slot (AS) included in the super frame, an access request frame including identification information associated with the sensor node, in response to the reception of the synchronization packet,
wherein the bidirectional event transmission sensor network has a structure of a super frame that comprises at least one standby slot (SS) comprising the uplink section and the downlink section, and
wherein the transmitting comprises:
transmitting the access request frame using a section allocated to the sensor node among sections respectively allocated to sensor nodes included in the AS.

8. A communication method of a sensor node in a bidirectional event transmission sensor network including a sensor node and a coordinator, the method comprising:
informing, in an uplink section, the coordinator of whether an uplink event occurs, the uplink event being detected by the sensor node;
receiving, in a downlink section, a synchronization packet that is used for transmitting the uplink event or for receiving a downlink event, based upon downlink transmission from the coordinator to the sensor node being sensed, the downlink event being detected by the coordinator;
transmitting, to the coordinator in an access slot (AS) included in the super frame, an access request frame including identification information associated with the sensor node, in response to the reception of the synchronization packet;
receiving, from the coordinator, a beacon including scheduling information for transmitting the uplink event or for receiving the downlink event; and
performing, based on the scheduling information, transmission of the uplink event to the coordinator or reception of the downlink event from the coordinator,
wherein the bidirectional event transmission sensor network has a structure of a super frame that comprises at least one standby slot (SS) comprising the uplink section and the downlink section.

9. A communication method of a sensor node in a bidirectional event transmission sensor network including a sensor node and a coordinator, the method comprising:
informing, in an uplink section, the coordinator of whether an uplink event occurs, the uplink event being detected by the sensor node; and
receiving, in a downlink section, a synchronization packet that is used for transmitting the uplink event or for receiving a downlink event, based upon downlink transmission from the coordinator to the sensor node being sensed, the downlink event being detected by the coordinator, wherein the bidirectional event transmission sensor network has a structure of a super frame that comprises at least one standby slot (SS) comprising the uplink section and the downlink section,
wherein in the each section, at least one mode of the coordinator and the sensor node is determined based on whether or not the uplink event or the downlink event occurs,
wherein in response to the downlink event occurring, in the uplink section the coordinator and the sensor node maintain sleep mode, and
wherein a period of the standby slot is determined by a maximum delay time to process the uplink event or the downlink event.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Korea Univ Ind & Acad Collaboration Found

Inventors

• Hwang Hyo Sun
• Bae Chi Sung
• Kim Seung Ku
• Lee Jae Ho
• Eom Doo Seop

Classifications

• H04W52/0241 Primary

  where no transmission is received, e.g. out of range of the transmitter · CPC title

• H04W84/18

  Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks · CPC title

• H04W52/0229 Primary

  where the received signal is a wanted signal · CPC title

• H04W56/001

  Synchronization between nodes · CPC title

• H04W56/0045

  compensating for timing error by altering transmission time · CPC title