Patent ID: 9191881
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A wireless network configured for at least one of automation, real-time and industrial applications, comprising: a plurality of access network nodes, each of the plurality of access network nodes including a first transmit/receive unit for radio communication over a selected data channel and a second transmit unit for sending heartbeat messages configured as a beacon frame over a control communication channel; and at least one radio station for wireless communication with at least one of the plurality of access network nodes; wherein each of the plurality of access network nodes utilizes a data channel selected from a set of available selectable data channels for wireless communication with a radio station of the at least one radio station assigned to the each of the plurality of access network nodes; wherein the control communication channel is distinct from the selectable data channels, each of the plurality of access network nodes being configured for wirelessly sending the heartbeat messages configured as the beacon frame over the control communication channel, the beacon frame including an information element which identifies a sending access point as an access point having a separate management channel and simultaneously notifies a client of the selected data channel of the access point, and the at least one radio station being configured for receiving the control communication channel; and wherein the first transmit/receive unit is assigned a first antenna and the second transmit unit is assigned a second antenna, the first and second antennas having identical or similar antenna characteristics.