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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2010
Applicants:
Michael Bahr, Munich, DE;
Jan Husak, Prague, CZ;
Frank Lahner, Erlangen, DE;
Norbert Vicari, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Michael Bahr, Munich, DE;
Jan Husak, Prague, CZ;
Frank Lahner, Erlangen, DE;
Norbert Vicari, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/16 (2009.01); H04W 48/12 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/12 (2013.01); H04W 52/0229 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for transmitting a beacon for a star network in manufacturing automation, for use in a communications protocol, such as IEEE Standard 802.15.4e, for manufacturing automation, using at least one gateway and at least one sensor node, wherein the beacon comprises a field including information about a number of base time slots in a superframe.