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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2010
Nicolas Cochard, Le Versoud, FR;
Gilles Thonet, Meylan, FR;
Olivier Coutelou, Grenoble, FR;
Schneider Electric Industries SAS, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Abstract
The gateway communication device for wireless communication networks receives messages from a low-power transmitter and communicates with a network. In a system comprising several gateway devices for a low-power transmitter, a master gateway device is defined. Definition of a master gateway device is based on reception quality indicators of the gateway devices situated in said reception zone of messages transmitted by said low-power transmitter. The gateway device having the highest reception quality indicator is selected to be said master gateway device. The communication method also defines a master gateway device in the same way. The master gateway device then selects a backup gateway device to store link tables and in certain cases to act in the place of the master.