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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2011
Hiroki Yoshino, Tokyo, JP;
Toshimitsu Uemura, Tokyo, JP;
Kuniaki Sugitani, Tokyo, JP;
Naoyuki Fujimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Yoshino, Tokyo, JP;
Toshimitsu Uemura, Tokyo, JP;
Kuniaki Sugitani, Tokyo, JP;
Naoyuki Fujimoto, Tokyo, JP;
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A wireless field device that performs a wireless communication with other field devices in a wireless network through a gateway. The device includes: a battery incorporated in the field device to activate the field device; and a wireless communication module configured to exchange radio signals with the gateway to perform the wireless communication with said other field devices. When the field device starts procedure for joining in the wireless network, firstly, the wireless communication module continuously accesses the gateway in a first period to receive an advertisement signal from the gateway, and when the wireless communication module fails to receive the advertisement signal in the first period, the wireless communication module intermittently accesses the gateway until receiving the advertisement signal from the gateway.