Patent ID: 7739378

Claim:
A system which communicates a pollution information message, the system comprising: a pollution detector, the pollution detector comprising an interface unit coupled to a detector unit, the interface unit receiving pollution information from the detector unit, the pollution detector configured to generate a pollution information signal if a pollution level exceeding a predetermined threshold is detected; a first transceiver having a unique identification code indicating a location of the first transceiver, the first transceiver configured to receive the pollution information signal from the pollution detector and generate a pollution information message, the pollution information message including the unique identification code of the first transceiver, pollution detector type, detected pollution levels, and pollution detector operational status, the first transceiver configured to transmit the pollution information message to a second transceiver, wherein the second transceiver is one of a plurality transceivers in a transceiver network; the second transceiver configured to receive the pollution information message and retransmit the pollution information message to a site controller; wherein the site controller is located between the second transceiver and a management controller, the site controller configured to receive the pollution information message from the second transceiver and convert the pollution information message into a suitable format for communicating to the management controller; wherein the management controller configured to receive the pollution information message from the site controller and store the received pollution information message in a memory, the memory further including the unique identification code and the associated location of the first transceiver, identification code associated with each of the plurality of transceivers in the transceiver network and information identifying a specific destination where a pollution alert will be sent based upon the detected pollution levels in the received pollution information message; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to provide an appropriate indication of the operational status of the pollution detector in the received pollution information message to an operator, the processor configured to calculate one or more predetermined transmission paths for the plurality of transceivers and broadcast out the predetermined transmission paths to the plurality of transceivers, wherein the predetermined transmission paths are calculated using the identification code associated with each of the plurality of transceivers, the processor further configured to determine status of the plurality of transceivers by polling status information from the plurality of transceivers and redefine the communication path for one or more of the plurality of transceivers upon a malfunction indicated in the status information of one or more of the plurality of transceivers.