Patent ID: 9730091
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G08B,H01B,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: a plurality of sensors that detect threats within a secured geographic area; a control panel that monitors the plurality of sensors for activation; a primary control unit coupled to the control panel; a mesh network coupled to the primary control unit and formed by respective links between each of the plurality of sensors; and a redundant control unit coupled to the control panel, the primary control unit, and the mesh network, wherein a type of the respective links for each of the plurality of sensors includes at least one of a first direct link between a respective one of the plurality of sensors and the primary control unit, a second direct link between the respective one of the plurality of sensors and the redundant control unit, and an indirect link between the respective one of the plurality of sensors and a different one of the plurality of sensors, wherein the type of the respective links for the respective one of the plurality of sensors is determined by the respective one of the plurality of sensors based on a relative location of the respective one of the plurality of sensors to other members of the plurality of sensors, the primary control unit, and the redundant control unit, wherein each of the plurality of sensors establishes, through the respective links, a respective first connection to the primary control unit and a respective second connection to the primary control unit different than the respective first connection based upon link quality and stores first data representing the respective first connection and the respective second connection in a primary routing table, wherein each of the plurality of sensors establishes, through the respective links, a respective third connection to the redundant control unit and a respective fourth connection to the redundant control unit different than the respective third connection based upon the link quality and stores second data representing the respective third connection and the respective fourth connection in a secondary routing table, wherein the primary control unit is located in a first geographic location within the secured geographic area, and the redundant control unit is located in a second, different geographic location within the secured geographic area, and wherein the secondary routing table is different than the primary routing table.