- Patent Title: Person support apparatuses with communication channel monitoring
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Application No.: US15279918Application Date: 2016-09-29
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Publication No.: US10257063B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu , Jerald A. Trepanier , Jonathan Mark Greenbank , Anuj K. Sidhu , Michael Joseph Hayes
- Applicant: Stryker Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MI Kalamazoo
- Assignee: Stryker Corporation
- Current Assignee: Stryker Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Kalamazoo
- Agency: Warner Norcross + Judd LLP
- Main IPC: H04L12/26
- IPC: H04L12/26 ; H04B17/345 ; H04B17/318

Abstract:
A monitoring system includes one or more units that are adapted monitor the radio frequency conditions of a facility or portion of the facility. The units include a packet sniffer and/or an RF spectrum analyzer. Sniffed packets and spectrum data are recorded and made available for analysis and display, either locally on the units or at one or more remote locations. The locations of the units are also gathered, thereby enabling correlation of the sniffed packets and/or RF spectrum data with locations within the facility. Real time RF conditions can thereby be gathered and used to improve the wireless communications within the facility and/or to ensure the wireless communication infrastructure of the facility is operating satisfactorily. The units may be person support apparatuses, such as beds, chairs, stretchers, cots, or the like.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170099198A1 PERSON SUPPORT APPARATUSES WITH COMMUNICATION CHANNEL MONITORING Public/Granted day:2017-04-06
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