Patent ID: 8451809
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: G01D,H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless gateway for use in a process control environment, the wireless gateway comprising: a wireless interface for communicating with a first wireless network using a first communication protocol, a host interface for communicating with an external host disposed outside the wireless network using the second communication protocol, the second communication protocol being a wired communication protocol; and a protocol translator to enable an exchange of data between the wireless interface and the host interface, wherein the first communication protocol and the second communication protocol include a common application layer and distinct physical layers, wherein the common application layer is layered over the respective physical layers of each of the first communication protocol having the first addressing scheme including the at least one address field and the second communication protocol having the second addressing scheme including the at least one address field and excluding the additional address field, and wherein the common application layer defines a common set of commands and device types used in each of the first communication protocol and the second communication protocol to communicate the process data generated by the each field device.