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US07720465B2 System, method and apparatus employing tones and/or tone patterns to indicate the message type in wireless sensor networks
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使用音调和/或音调模式的系统,方法和装置来指示无线传感器网络中的消息类型
- Patent Title: System, method and apparatus employing tones and/or tone patterns to indicate the message type in wireless sensor networks
- Patent Title (中): 使用音调和/或音调模式的系统,方法和装置来指示无线传感器网络中的消息类型
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Application No.: US11607697Application Date: 2006-11-30
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Publication No.: US07720465B2Publication Date: 2010-05-18
- Inventor: Abtin Keshavarzian , Lakshmi Venkatraman , Dhananjay Lal
- Applicant: Abtin Keshavarzian , Lakshmi Venkatraman , Dhananjay Lal
- Applicant Address: DE Stuttgart
- Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
- Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Stuttgart
- Agency: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
- Main IPC: H04L12/28
- IPC: H04L12/28 ; H04L29/08

Abstract:
A system and method for operating a wireless network provides for sending a wakeup tone, periodically waking up from a sleep mode to listen for the wakeup tone, upon receiving the wakeup tone, listening for at least one second tone, the at least one second tone being one of (i) a tone in a frequency different from the wakeup tone and (ii) a pattern of tones including at least one frequency different from the wakeup tone, and upon receiving the at least one second tone, performing an action based on the at least one second tone.
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