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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2006
Kevin R. Driscoll, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Brendan Hall, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Michael Paulitsch, Columbia Heights, MN (US);
Kevin R. Driscoll, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Brendan Hall, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Michael Paulitsch, Columbia Heights, MN (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method of communicating node status in a star network comprising a hub and a plurality of nodes comprises sending a first message to the hub from a first node included in the plurality of nodes; forwarding the first message from the hub to at least one second node included in the plurality of nodes; communicating status information to the hub from the at least one second node after receiving at least a portion of the first message at the at least one second node; compiling a status vector based on the status information received from each of the at least one second nodes; and sending the status vector from the hub to at least the first node.