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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2008
Wallace A. Pratt, Jr., Pflugerville, TX (US);
Mark J. Nixon, Round Rock, TX (US);
Eric D. Rotvold, West St. Paul, MN (US);
Robin S. Pramanik, Karlsruhe, DE;
Tomas P. Lennvall, Vasteras, SE;
Wallace A. Pratt, Jr., Pflugerville, TX (US);
Mark J. Nixon, Round Rock, TX (US);
Eric D. Rotvold, West St. Paul, MN (US);
Robin S. Pramanik, Karlsruhe, DE;
Tomas P. Lennvall, Vasteras, SE;
Hart Communication Foundation, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of increasing operational safety of a wireless communication network operating in a process control environment and having a plurality of network devices includes detecting a first triggering condition associated with an increased operational risk due to a wireless transmissions by at least one of the plurality of network devices, sending a suspend command to at least some of the plurality of network devices, suspending transmissions at the at least some of the plurality of network devices; and resuming transmissions at the at least some of the plurality of network devices upon occurrence of a second triggering condition.