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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 09, 2015
Applicant:

Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Vishnu Vardhan Reddy Beema, Bangalore, IN;

Sandeep Suresh, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Morristown, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); G08B 25/00 (2006.01); G08B 25/10 (2006.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); G08B 25/14 (2006.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2013.01); G08B 25/003 (2013.01); G08B 25/10 (2013.01); H04W 76/02 (2013.01); G08B 25/14 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus and method are provided that include a control panel of an automation system that protects a secured geographic area actively scanning each of a plurality of radio frequency channels of a predetermined radio frequency spectrum for other access points operating under an IEEE 802.15.4 format, the control panel identifying at least two of the plurality of channels with a lowest relative number of the other access points operating under the IEEE 802.15.4 format, the control panel performing an energy scan on each of the identified at least two channels, the control panel selecting one of the at least two channels with a lowest relative energy and the control panel setting up a wireless connection with each of a plurality of wireless sensors within the secured area on the selected channel under the IEEE 802.15.4 format.


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