Wireless Agent Hierarchy With Low-Power Child Master Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional wireless sensor networks with centralized or tree-based topologies face issues of high power consumption and network congestion due to master nodes scanning for transmissions from numerous child nodes, leading to reduced battery life and increased latency.
Innovation Solution
A wireless autonomous agent platform is implemented with low-power child nodes acting as master agents, controlling higher-power parent nodes, optimizing communication flow and reducing unnecessary scanning, thereby minimizing resource demand and network congestion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If higher power parent agents are deployed as master agents with unilateral control over child agents, then network management and coordination are improved, but battery life of master agents is significantly reduced due to continuous packet scanning
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the conventional master-slave relationship by allowing low-power child nodes to act as master agents that initiate advertising and control communication timing. This reversal eliminates the need for high-power parent nodes to continuously scan for packets, thereby extending battery life while maintaining network management capabilities through the inverted hierarchy.
Solution Approach 2:
Low-power child nodes perform self-service by autonomously initiating advertising and controlling their own communication cycles. This eliminates the need for high-power master nodes to continuously monitor for packets, reducing energy consumption while maintaining effective network coordination through distributed self-management.
2Reliability
If master agents operate in packet scan mode to detect transmissions from child agents, then communication reliability is improved, but network bandwidth is consumed and latency increases due to frequent scanning
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the conventional approach by having low-power child nodes initiate advertising rather than waiting for high-power master nodes to scan for packets. This reversal eliminates continuous scanning, reduces latency by using event-driven communication, and maintains reliability through structured advertising cycles initiated by the inverted master nodes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements periodic advertising cycles where low-power child nodes transmit at predetermined intervals rather than continuous scanning. This periodic action maintains communication reliability through structured transmission cycles while significantly reducing latency and bandwidth consumption compared to continuous packet scanning.
3Use of energy by moving object
If low power child agents are configured as master agents with unilateral control over higher power agents, then battery life is extended, but network topology complexity increases due to inverted hierarchy
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the conventional master-slave hierarchy to allow low-power child nodes to function as master agents. This inversion extends battery life by eliminating continuous scanning in high-power nodes while managing topology complexity through standardized inversion protocols that maintain recognizable network structures despite the reversed power dynamics.
4Reliability
If higher power parent agents continuously scan for child agent transmissions, then communication reliability is maintained, but power consumption increases leading to reduced operational duration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the conventional approach by having low-power child nodes initiate advertising rather than waiting for high-power master nodes to continuously scan. This reversal extends operational duration by eliminating continuous scanning in high-power nodes while maintaining communication reliability through structured advertising cycles initiated by the inverted master nodes.
Solution Approach 2:
Low-power child nodes perform self-service by autonomously initiating advertising and controlling their own communication cycles. This eliminates the need for high-power master nodes to continuously monitor for packets, extending operational duration while maintaining effective network coordination through distributed self-management.
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AI summary
A plurality of tape agents includes an autonomous master wireless tape agent. The autonomous wireless tape agent includes a first wireless communications interface type operative to communicate over a wireless communications link with an associated secondary wireless agent. The autonomous master wireless tape agent corresponds to a child node in a wireless agent hierarchy. The secondary wireless agent includes a second wireless communications interface type that has a longer wireless communications range than a wireless communications range of the first wireless communications interface type. The secondary wireless agent corresponds to a parent node in the wireless agent hierarchy. The master wireless tape agent governs the wireless communications link and traffic between the master wireless tape agent and the secondary wireless agent. The master wireless tape agent is operative to schedule a designated time slot for each secondary wireless agent transmission. The secondary wireless agent is operative to synchronize its transmit and receive timing with that of the master wireless tape agent and respond to requests received from the master wireless tape agent.