BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The organization and manner of the structure and operation of the invention, together with further objects and advantages thereof, may best be understood by reference to the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an air tank monitoring system which is in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 shows how the system associates a wireless sensor with the network;
FIG. 3 illustrates beacon communication;
FIG. 4 illustrates non-beacon communication;
FIG. 5 shows how the wireless sensor relays information through an alternate node to provide that less power is required to transmit the information, thereby conserving its battery;
FIG. 6 is a flow chart which shows how the wireless sensor goes into sleep mode to conserve its battery;
FIG. 7 illustrates the different layers of a vehicle network in which the sensor disclosed herein could be used;
FIG. 8 illustrates a mesh network architecture with which the sensor disclosed herein could be used; and
FIG. 9 illustrates an example of the mesh network architecture of FIG. 8, implemented on a tractor-trailer.
Patent Application
20070205882
