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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2014
Sergey Chemishkian, San Jose, CA (US);
Ken Gudan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jonathan J. Hull, San Carlos, CA (US);
Sergey Chemishkian, San Jose, CA (US);
Ken Gudan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jonathan J. Hull, San Carlos, CA (US);
RICOH CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for sensor node and access point communication. In one embodiment, the method comprises embedding, by a sensor node, data from one or more sensor readings in a field of a first message, the field being designated as part of a standardized protocol to send information other than the data sensor readings; determining without the use of a receiver, by the sensor node, whether a wireless communication channel is at a predetermined quality level to send the first message; and broadcasting the first message wirelessly to a component according to the standardized protocol.