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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2019
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Sean Connolly, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Mark W. Duron, Mastic, NY (US);
Jimmy Chabra, Massapequa, NY (US);
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods to co-locate RFID readers with in-band sensor networks, such as LoRa sensor networks, are disclosed herein. An example arrangement is a co-located device that includes a dual-mode transceiver configured to communicate with targets operating in a first protocol (e.g., RFID) and other targets operating in a second protocol (e.g., LoRa). The example arrangement includes a dual-mode controller that operates the dual-mode transceiver to communicate via the first protocol during a first time period while disabling communication via the second protocol and to communicate via the second protocol in a second time period while disabling communication via the first protocol.