Patent ID: 8031629

Claim:
A method of controlling wireless messaging in a worksite area, in which worksite management messages are received by, or sent from, communicating entities operating within said worksite, comprising the steps of: dividing at least part of said worksite area into elementary cells mapped in correspondence with the topology of said area, or into said cells and determined communication zones; for a given cell or communication zone of said worksite, establishing at least one communication attribute value pertaining to a parameter of wireless communication to or from said given cell or communication zone; for a given cell, establishing at least one worksite management attribute value of the worksite for said given cell, said worksite management attribute value pertaining to a parameter other than a said communication attribute parameter; storing, in a memory, values of said worksite management and communication attributes, each stored attribute value being electronically indexed to the elementary cell, or to the communication zone, for which it was determined; forming a said worksite management message with an electronically readable content containing at least one worksite management attribute value; accessing said memory to obtain at least one current communication attribute value in respect of a cell or communication zone to or from which said formed management message is to be communicated by a wireless communication; establishing a wireless communication to or from said cell or communication zone to send or receive said management message on the basis of said current communication attribute value(s) electronically accessed from said memory; and preparing an individualized dataset specific to an identified site-modifying mobile apparatus, said individualized dataset comprising at least selected worksite management attribute parameter values for the requirements of that identified site-modifying mobile apparatus, wherein said individualized dataset relates only to cells of a region of said worksite where said identified site-modifying apparatus is programmed to be present over a determined time window, the individualized data set taking into account the area of present and future operations for the identified site-modifying apparatus, the specific characteristics of the identified site-modifying apparatus, and the tasks planned for the identified site-modifying apparatus in that area.