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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2019
Applicant:
Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 40/22 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2013.01); H04L 12/2854 (2013.01); H04W 88/16 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure provides an apparatus and method for integrating long-range wireless devices in industrial wireless networks. A wireless device manager is configured to function as a gateway for at least one industrial wireless network. The gateway is associated with at least one industrial wireless network protocol; and the wireless device manager comprises a first radio module configured to communicate directly with one or more devices over a distance of at least about two kilometers using a long-range wide area network protocol.