Abstract:
An IoT device has a public device identifier and a private device identifier, where the public device identifier is publicly available and the private device identifier is secret but kept in a secure device database as a correspondence. A registration request is sent from the IoT device to an association server in communication with the device database having an association between IoT public identifier and a corresponding IoT private identifier. The association server which receives the registration request responds with a registration acknowledgement containing, in encrypted form, the private device identifier of the original request and, optionally, the public device identifier associated with the registration request. The requesting IoT device receives the association acknowledgement, decrypts the private device identifier, compares it to its own device identifier, and if they match, sends one or more association requests.
Abstract:
A preamble detector for Bluetooth Low Energy includes a receiver for receiving Bluetooth packets and an energy detect controller for enabling power to the receiver during T1 and disabling power to the receiver during T2 in a cyclical fashion until an packet energy increase is detected followed by detection of a preamble. During the T1 interval an AGC process is operative which is also searching for an increase in energy from sample to sample within the same T1 interval, or across adjacent T1 intervals. If an energy increase is detected, a preamble detector is operative to determine if a preamble is present, and if the preamble is not present, the process resumes cycling through T1 and T2.
Abstract:
A mesh receiver has a wakeup receiver for reception of a wakeup sequence formed by keyed RF or a sequence of wireless packets and gaps, a transmitter forming low speed RF wakeup sequence to other mesh stations, a mesh receiver for reception of high speed WLAN packets, the transmitter sending a wireless ACK packet in response to a wakeup sequence, the mesh receiver thereafter receiving wireless packets from a remote station, the mesh transmitter sending an ACK, the mesh station thereafter identifying a next hop station, and sending a wakeup sequence to that station, after receipt of an ACK, sending the data, the mesh receiver and mesh transmitter thereafter going to sleep.
Abstract:
A wireless receiver has a preamble detection apparatus and method which waits until the expected arrival of a beacon frame, after which power is cyclically applied during a preamble detection interval and a sleep interval until a preamble is detected. The preamble detector has a first mode with a longer preamble detection interval and a second mode with a shorter preamble detection interval. During the preamble detection interval, power is applied to receiver components, and during the sleep interval, power is not applied. The duration of the preamble detection interval is equal to a preamble sensing interval, and if a preamble is detected, power remains applied to a preamble processor for a preamble processing interval. The duration of the sleep interval is the duration of a long preamble less the sum of two times the preamble detection interval plus the preamble processing interval. Phase lock loop (PLL) power is applied a PLL settling time prior to and during the preamble detection interval.
Abstract:
A printed circuit tri-band antenna has a feedline region and a radiating structure region which provides RF emissions in a lowband (LB) RF frequency, a lower highband (HB-L) frequency, and a upper highband (HB-U) frequency. The feedline region is formed of conductors on an upper plane, the conductors including a feedline which is edge coupled to left and right ground structures. The feedline couples directly to a HB-U radiating structure, and includes a stub. The HB-U structure and stub also provide edge coupling through a gap for coupling RF into a combined HB-L and LB radiation structure, which provides frequency-dependent paths for radiating RF energy at the HB-L and LB frequencies. The antenna is preferably used with 2.35 Ghz LB, 5.07 GHz HB-L, and 5.57 Ghz HB-H.
Abstract:
A wake-up processor for a communications processor has a receive signal amplifier for amplifying the signal level of received RF which has been transmitted as wireless local area network WLAN packets, an amplitude detector for indicating the envelope of the RF energy in the packets, a threshold detector which thresholds the detected RF envelope, and a correlator which compares the detected and thresholded RF envelope with a private pseudo-random number to determine the level of correlation between the received value and the private value. When the correlation exceeds a required threshold, a wake-up signal is asserted which is used to bring a WLAN processor into an active state for processing of subsequently sent packets.
Abstract:
A dual mode wireless device operations in a client mode and observes network congestion conditions. When the network congestion exceeds a threshold level, the dual mode wireless device changes to an access point mode and advertises itself to other clients, thereby reducing the network congestion level.
Abstract:
A channel access processor for an access point operates in a frequency spectrum which is divided into master channels, each master channel further having a plurality of sub-channels, each sub-channel capable of supporting wireless LAN communications independently from any other said sub-channel of the master channel. Each master channel is thereby associated with a plurality of sub-channels, and the sub-channels each have an associated bandpass filter and mixer frequency specific to that sub-channel, thereby allowing a plurality of independent wireless communications sessions to simultaneously take place over the multiple sub-channels of the master channel of the access point.
Abstract:
A gain controller for a wireless communication system sets the receiver gain during the initial time duration of a preamble, and for each subsequent symbol computes a new gain value, which is applied at the end of each symbol. An analog to digital converter resolution controller sets the resolution of the ADC to a high resolution during a preamble interval and a first symbol interval, and to a comparatively lower resolution thereafter until the end of the frame. When a new zone is entered, the first symbol of the new zone is sampled at a higher resolution than the subsequent symbols.
Abstract:
A gain controller for a wireless communication system sets the receiver gain during the initial time duration of a preamble, and for each subsequent symbol computes a new gain value, which is applied at the end of each symbol. An analog to digital converter resolution controller sets the resolution of the ADC to a high resolution during a preamble interval and a first symbol interval, and to a comparatively lower resolution thereafter until the end of the frame. When a new zone is entered, the first symbol of the new zone is sampled at a higher resolution than the subsequent symbols.