Patent ID: 9693284
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A wireless network of devices, comprising: a relay start device which is a medical sensor device; one or more intermediate devices, which are non-medical devices acting as relays; and a relay end device which is a coordinator acting as a gateway to the wireless network, information being communicated wirelessly in use between the medical sensor device and the coordinator via the one or more intermediate devices, wherein the one or more intermediate devices each comprise control means and transmission means, the control means being operable to cause the transmission means of the intermediate device to transmit an indication of connection stability as a function of at least one connection stability parameter of the intermediate device, indicating when the intermediate device is unstable; and the wireless network further comprises: wherein the coordinator includes decision means operable on receipt of the indication of connection stability from the unstable intermediate device to take the indication into account to decide whether to transmit a stop or sleep command to the unstable intermediate device, causing the intermediate device to stop all transmission and reception, wherein the reconnection means is operable after the indication of stability is transmitted and before the stop or sleep command is issued and a decision of the coordinator to transmit the stop or sleep command to the intermediate device is performed according to a severity of an ongoing medical process and an availability of an alternative route.