Multiplex communications – Communication over free space – Having a plurality of contiguous regions served by...
Reissue Patent
2007-09-21
2011-11-08
Nguyen, Brian D (Department: 2472)
Multiplex communications
Communication over free space
Having a plurality of contiguous regions served by...
C370S346000, C370S347000
Reissue Patent
active
RE042900
ABSTRACT:
A methoddelete-start id="REI-00001" date="20111108" ?ofdelete-end id="REI-00001" ?insert-start id="REI-00002" date="20111108" ?and apparatus forinsert-end id="REI-00002" ?establishing wireless communications between an interrogator and individual ones of multiple wireless identification devices.delete-start id="REI-00003" date="20111108" ?, the method comprising utilizing a tree search method to establish communications without collision between the interrogator and individual ones of the multiple wireless identification devices, a search tree being defined for the tree search method, the tree having multiple levels respectively representing subgroups of the multiple wireless identification devices, the method further comprising starting the tree search at a selectable level of the search tree. A communications system comprising an interrogator, and a plurality of wireless identification devices configured to communicate with the interrogator in a wireless fashion, the respective wireless identification devices having a unique identification number, the interrogator being configured to employ a tree search technique to determine the unique identification numbers of the different wireless identification devices so as to be able to establish communications between the interrogator and individual ones of the multiple wireless identification devices without collision by multiple wireless identification devices attempting to respond to the interrogator at the same time, wherein the interrogator is configured to start the tree search at a selectable level of the search treedelete-end id="REI-00003" ?insert-start id="REI-00004" date="20111108" ?The interrogator transmits an initial wireless command to start identification of the wireless identification devices. The initial wireless command specifies at least two bits and requesting first devices having the at least two bits to reply. If there is no collision in response to the initial wireless command, the interrogator identifies, from a response to the initial command, a random number generated at one of the devices.insert-end id="REI-00004" ?
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