Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for scalable and efficient deployment of wireless infrastructure nodes for multiple collocated wireless field device networks
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Application No.: US14848956Application Date: 2015-09-09
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Publication No.: US09917902B2Publication Date: 2018-03-13
- Inventor: William Osei-Bonsu
- Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Morris Plains
- Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
- Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Morris Plains
- Main IPC: H04L29/08
- IPC: H04L29/08 ; H04L12/741 ; H04W56/00 ; H04L12/927 ; H04W84/18

Abstract:
A wireless infrastructure node includes at least one processing device configured to receive a data packet from a wireless field device network (WFN) controller, where the data packet includes a network identifier. The at least one processing device is also configured to determine a field device network to receive the data packet based on the network identifier. The at least one processing device is further configured to transmit the data packet to a field device in the field device network. The wireless infrastructure node, the WFN controller, and the field device network comprise one logical WFN among a plurality of logical WFNs. The wireless infrastructure node is one of a plurality of pooled infrastructure nodes configured to communicate between a plurality of WFN controllers and a plurality of field device networks arranged in the plurality of logical WFNs.
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