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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2002
Narayan L. Gehlot, Sayreville, NJ (US);
Victor B. Lawrence, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A monitoring and tracking system for monitoring and tracking an object may have a plurality of object area network elements. Each of the object area network elements may have a wireless communications unit and a GPS unit, wherein the GPS units are designed to facilitate the calculation of position data for each of the plurality of object area network elements. The wireless communications units may be designed to facilitate communications between the plurality of object area network elements and at least one base station. Each of the plurality of object area network elements may further have a sensor unit, the sensor units each having at least one temperature sensing unit for obtaining temperature data and at least one pressure sensing unit for obtaining pressure data. The object area network elements may be designed to communicate the temperature data, the pressure data, and the position data to the base station. The plurality of object area network elements may also be designed to communicate with each other to form an object area network.