Method and apparatus for communicating between low message rate wireless devices and users via monitoring, control and information systems

摘要

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for the communicating between remote devices using a low message rate wireless connection via monitoring, control and information systems. The network described in this invention is capable of supporting billions of such devices in an efficient and cost effective manner. The network uses a very low signaling rate and centrally controlled architecture in order to achieve this efficiency. The network can easily support numerous applications each controlling large numbers of devices. As the complexity of protocol used in the network is very much reduced in comparison to existing hierarchical mobile wireless networks, it is possible to produce devices that use very little energy allowing their use in many new and novel applications.

主权项

1. A computerized wide-area low-user-message-rate communication system for communicating with at least one low-user-message-rate client, the communication system comprising:
a Network Concentrator configured to authenticate an at least one low-user-message-rate client; a client registry configured to persistently register the at least one low-user-message-rate client having a unique client ID; wherein the Network Concentrator maintains a persistent connection with the at least one low-user-message-rate client without any signaling interaction, unless a failure or restart condition occurs; and a low-user-message-rate concentration point configured to send a broadcast control message to the at least one low-user-message-rate client wherein the broadcast control message includes a range of permitted time intervals which are varied in response to a change in a communications channel utilization rate from the at least one client to the low-user-message-rate concentration point.