Patent ID: 8452477

Claim:
A method for managing transmission of data from a plurality of sensor devices in a tyre fitted on a vehicle, comprising: providing said plurality of sensor devices at predefined respective positions in said tyre; providing a transmission coordinator on said vehicle, outside of said tyre; rotating said tyre and having said plurality of sensor devices obtaining data related to a condition of said tyre during rotation thereof; and causing said plurality of sensor devices to wirelessly transmit the obtained data, wherein causing said plurality of sensor devices to wirelessly transmit said obtained data comprises: sending timing information from said transmission coordinator, said timing information being at least related to a maximum allowed time interval for transmission of obtained data from said plurality of sensor devices; at each sensor device of said plurality of sensor devices, receiving said timing information and calculating at least one respective transmission timeslot for the transmission of the obtained data within said maximum allowed time interval, so as to obtain a respective plurality of non-overlapping transmission timeslots; and at each sensor device of the plurality of sensor devices, waiting for respective calculated at least one transmission timeslot and wirelessly transmitting the obtained data within the respective calculated at least one transmission timeslot.