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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2018
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
James B. Hurley, Inniscarra, IE;
Michael G. Cronin, Crosshaven, IE;
Donagh S. Horgan, Cork, IE;
Graham M. Baitson, Ballymun, IE;
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is a network of a plurality of node devices distributed across an environment. The network includes a first local group of first node devices, a second local group of second node devices, and a new node device. The new node device is configured to join the first local group, identify the first node timeslot associated with the new node device, range to each of the first node devices during the first node timeslot associated with the new node device, collect ranging data from each of the first node devices during the first node timeslot associated with the new node device, calculate a plurality of range values based on the ranging data, and send the plurality of range values to each of the second node devices during the first node timeslot associated with the new node device.