Patent ID: 6445690
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A wireless information system for wireless communication with at least one non-standardized node adapted for communication in a communication/protocol compatible with the respective at least one non-standardized node and not adapted for communication with other nodes in accordance with a common standard and having a transceiver, wherein said non-standardized node lacks computing capability sufficient to communicate in accordance with said common standard, and said system includes:a. standardized network including a bus for carrying communications between any standardized nodes that are connected to the bus, said any standardized nodes being adapted for communicating wit other nodes in accordance with said common standard; b. a wireless station including a transceiver for wireless communication with the at least one non-standardized node; c. a virtual network coupled to the wireless station and including a controller and a memory for cooperatively: i. establishing in the memory a virtual node representing each said non-standardized node; ii. communicating information between each said non-standardized node and the respective virtual node in the communication format/protocol compatible with the respective said non-standardized node; iii. communicating information between each said virtual node and each said standardized node in a communication format/protocol compatible with said standardized node.