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Method for detecting the surroundings of a node capable of unidirectional or bidirectional radio communication and node

US11984918B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Diehl Metering Systems GmbH · DE

Inventors

Hristo Petkov · Nuremberg, DE
Christoph Schmidt · Kriftel, DE
Thomas Kauppert · Nuremberg, DE
Klaus Gottschalk · Winkelhaid, DE
Simon Schroeter · Erlangen, DE
Benjamin Meyer · Lansdale, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 20, 2022
Grant date	May 14, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 9, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04B1/18
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method detects the surroundings of a node, in particular in the form of a sensor apparatus and/or actuator apparatus, of a communications network. The node is capable of unidirectional or bidirectional radio communication and has a radio module equipped with an antenna, a transmit path and/or receive path, and a power supply apparatus, which is preferably energy self-sufficient, in particular a battery. The surroundings are detected, preferably at repeated time intervals, on the basis of an estimate of the detuning of the antenna of the radio module.

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