Wireless LAN power savings

P Mishra, S Goel - US Patent 7,881,755, 2011 - Google Patents
A network device includes a base band processor (BBP) receiver to detect a frame in a
signal. A media access controller (MAC) receiver identifies a destination address in the …

Wireless sensor network access point and device RF spectrum analysis system and method

ED Rotvold, KM Orth, DC Carlson… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND The present invention relates generally to wireless net works and, more
particularly, to measuring and analyzing radio frequency (RF) interference proximate and …

Combined wired and wireless communications with field devices in a process control environment

WA Pratt, MJ Nixon, ED Rotvold, RS Pramanik… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method of providing a wireless extension to a plant auto mation network
connected to a plurality of wired devices, each wired device performing a process control …

Support for network management and device communications in a wireless network

WA Pratt, MJ Nixon, ED Rotvold, RS Pramanik… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method of efficiently operating a wireless communication network in a
process control environment, Such that the wire less communication network includes a …

Method and apparatus of communication using subframe between base station and relay

HS Kim, ES Kim, BG Cheon, JK Ahn - US Patent 9,148,217, 2015 - Google Patents
Provided is a communication method of a relay station in a wireless communication system,
the communication method comprising the steps of configuring subframes dedicated for a …

Adaptive scheduling in a wireless network

WA Pratt, MJ Nixon, ED Rotvold, RS Pramanik… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
A method of adaptively scheduling communications in a wireless mesh network including a
plurality of network nodes includes generating a network routing scheme based on a …

Routing packets on a network using directed graphs

WA Pratt, MJ Nixon, ED Rotvold, RS Pramanik… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method of routing a data packet between a first node and a second node
on a communication network includes defining a first graph through the first node and the …

Increasing reliability and reducing latency in a wireless network

WA Pratt, MJ Nixon, ED Rotvold, RS Pramanik… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
A mesh communication network for use in, for example, process control plants includes a
plurality of network devices transmitting and receiving data according to a network schedule …

Suspending transmissions in a wireless network

WA Pratt, MJ Nixon, ED Rotvold, RS Pramanik… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method of increasing operational safety of a wireless com munication
network operating in a process control environ ment and having a plurality of network …

Apparatus and method for random access channel power prioritization

P Gaal, J Montojo, W Chen, T Luo - US Patent 10,536,910, 2020 - Google Patents
A method, apparatus, and computer program product for wireless communication are
provided in which a transmis sion power is prioritized between an access channel and a …