Industrial wireless communication networking device
US12339649B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 17, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jun 24, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/08
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An industrial mission critical networking communication device is adapted from a wired industrial networking communication device to provide wireless capabilities. Accordingly, the PHY of the wired device, that is communicatively connected to a first microcontrollers, is replaced by a second microcontroller. The second microcontroller is adapted to communicate with the first microcontroller using a serial adaptation layer to ensure that the original communication interface between the PHY and the first microcontroller is maintained. The second microcontroller is further adapted with at least capabilities of wireless communication to allow for wireless communication based on a predetermined protocol, for example, the wireless IO-Link® protocol.
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