公开(公告)号：US20170363311A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-21

申请号：US15626316

申请日：2017-06-19

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Hakrae Lee ,  Yugu KIM ,  Unsik PARK ,  Donggi EOM ,  Hanbae JEON

IPC: F24F11/00 ,  G08C19/00

CPC classification number: G08C19/00 ,  F24F1/0003 ,  F24F11/30 ,  F24F11/54 ,  F24F11/61 ,  F24F11/62 ,  F24F11/63 ,  F24F11/64 ,  F24F11/88 ,  G08C19/34 ,  G08C2201/42 ,  H04L1/0007 ,  H04L1/0083 ,  Y02B70/3275

Abstract: An air conditioner and a communication method for an air conditioner are provided. The air conditioner may include an outdoor unit; an indoor unit; and a central controller connected to the indoor unit through a communication line. The indoor unit may perform periodic communication for transmitting a plurality of periodic packets to at least one of the outdoor unit or the central controller at predetermined periods, and change and transmit the plurality oaf periodic packets so as to decrease a load on the communication line.