KR20160060946A - Wireless network fire sensing system and method thereof - Google Patents

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KR20160060946A
KR20160060946A KR1020140163187A KR20140163187A KR20160060946A KR 20160060946 A KR20160060946 A KR 20160060946A KR 1020140163187 A KR1020140163187 A KR 1020140163187A KR 20140163187 A KR20140163187 A KR 20140163187A KR 20160060946 A KR20160060946 A KR 20160060946A
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A wireless network fire detection system and method of operation thereof are disclosed. A method of operating a wireless network fire detection system including a master device and at least one slave device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of (a) receiving, at the slave device, a reference packet every predetermined reference packet arrival time from the master device (B) transmitting, in the slave device, a monitoring packet (TXS) synchronized based on the reference packet (RXM) and in a set time slot interval (a1); (c) Operating in a sleep mode until the reference packet arrival time (TM) elapses after transmitting the monitoring packet (TXs) to the master device; and (d) operating in a sleep mode from the slave device Determining whether a fire has occurred based on the monitoring packet RXs, and operating in a sleep mode when receiving the monitoring packet . Wherein the reference packet arrival time is set in the next reference packet in the master device by setting the variation information of the reference packet arrival time detected based on the reception result of the monitoring packet in the next reference packet.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a wireless network fire detection system,

The present invention relates to a fire detection system, and more particularly, to a fire detection system using wireless networking.

A smoke detector or a heat detector may be mounted on the ceiling of a room, and a wired fire detector may be used to operate the smoke detector or the heat detector to sound a fire alarm. The slave devices such as the detectors and the master device which receives the detection result from the slave device and judges whether or not a fire is generated and generates an alarm is connected by wire, so that a wire ratio is considerably required depending on the distance. Also, since the DC current supply and signal transmission must be performed simultaneously between the slave device and the master device, thick copper lines must be used, and these leads must be routed to the ceiling and the like, which increases the installation cost.

On the other hand, in the case of using a wireless network fire detection system consisting of a slave device operating by using its own battery and a master device transmitting and receiving signals wirelessly from the slave device, the A / S cost is increased can do.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a wireless network fire detection system and a method thereof for reducing battery power consumption and communication efficiency using an ultra low power wireless communication algorithm.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of operating a wireless network fire detection system including a master device and at least one slave device, the method comprising the steps of: (a) Receiving a reference packet for each reference packet arrival time, (b) synchronizing based on the reference packet in the slave device, and transmitting a monitoring packet in a set time slot interval, (c) Operating in a sleep mode until the reference packet arrival time (TM) elapses after the transmission of the monitoring packet to the master device; and (d) in the master device, based on the monitoring packet received from the slave device Determines whether or not a fire has occurred, and when the reception of the monitoring packet is completed, The method comprising the steps of:

The reference packet arrival time is set in the next reference packet by the master device, and the variation information of the reference packet arrival time detected based on the reception result of the monitoring packet.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a master device in a wireless network fire detection system, comprising: an RF transceiver for transmitting and receiving a reference packet and a monitoring packet including at least one slave device and time slot section information; A timer for generating a timer interrupt every time a reference packet arrival time (TM) elapses from a time point at which the reference packet is transmitted; a monitoring packet receiving unit for receiving a monitoring packet from the slave device in the time slot period, The MCU operates in a sleep mode when reception is completed, and when the time interruption occurs, it switches from the sleep mode to the active mode and transmits a next reference packet.

The MCU reflects the fluctuation information of the reference packet arrival time detected based on the reception result of the monitoring packet in the next reference packet.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a slave device in a wireless network fire detection system, comprising: a sensor module for monitoring occurrence of a fire; a base station for receiving a reference packet from a master device, An MCU for generating the monitoring packet based on sensing results of the sensor module, being synchronized with the reference packet and detecting the time slot period from the reference packet, an active mode A clock module for supplying a high frequency operation clock to the MCU, a sleep module for supplying a low frequency operation clock to the MCU, and a battery for supplying operation power to the MCU and the RF transceiver according to the operation clock.

When the transmission of the monitoring packet is completed, the MCU enters the sleep mode, and when the reference packet arrival time detected from the reference packet elapses, the MCU enters the active mode and controls to receive the next reference packet from the master device.

According to the wireless network fire detection system and method according to embodiments of the present invention, only the predicted packet arrival time between the slave device and the master device operates in the active mode, and operates in the sleep mode until the next packet arrives after receiving the packet Battery power consumption can be reduced, and accurate communication can be achieved.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a wireless network fire detection system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a tree network including the wireless network fire detection system of FIG. 1. FIG.
3 is a block diagram specifically showing the master device shown in FIG.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram specifically showing the slave device shown in FIG. 1. FIG.
5 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the slave device of FIG.
6 is a timing diagram illustrating a packet transmission / reception operation between a master device and one slave device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a timing diagram illustrating a packet transmission / reception operation between a master device and a plurality of slave devices according to another embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a reference packet according to embodiments of the present invention.
9 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a slave device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a master device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a master device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

It is to be understood that the specific structural or functional descriptions of embodiments of the present invention disclosed herein are only for the purpose of illustrating embodiments of the inventive concept, But may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

Embodiments in accordance with the concepts of the present invention are capable of various modifications and may take various forms, so that the embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail herein. It should be understood, however, that it is not intended to limit the embodiments according to the concepts of the present invention to the particular forms disclosed, but includes all modifications, equivalents, or alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms. The terms are intended to distinguish one element from another, for example, without departing from the scope of the invention in accordance with the concepts of the present invention, the first element may be termed the second element, The second component may also be referred to as a first component.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, . On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between. Other expressions that describe the relationship between components, such as "between" and "between" or "neighboring to" and "directly adjacent to" should be interpreted as well.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, the terms "comprises ", or" having ", or the like, specify that there is a stated feature, number, step, operation, , Steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof, as a matter of principle.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning of the context in the relevant art and, unless explicitly defined herein, are to be interpreted as ideal or overly formal Do not.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a wireless network fire detection system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a wireless network fire detection system 1 includes one master device 10 and a plurality of slave devices 20-1 to 20-N. The master device 10 is connected to a plurality of slave devices 20-1 to 20-N via a wireless network and receives a sensing result from the slave device 20-1. do.

The master device 10 periodically transmits a reference packet to each slave device 20 and receives the sensing result of the slave device 20 as a monitoring packet. The master device 10 receives a monitoring packet having a unique number from each slave device 20 and compares the received monitoring packet with a pre-stored list of unique numbers for the slave devices 20 to always check for the presence of the slave device 20 .

The master device 10 operates in a sleep mode at a time other than the packet transmission / reception and operates in an active mode at the packet transmission / reception time. The sleep mode refers to a case where the operation clock of each device is a low-frequency clock, and the active mode refers to a case where the operation clock of each device is a high-frequency clock.

The master device 10 sets a time slot allocated to each slave device 20 in the reference packet and receives the monitoring packet of each slave device 20 in the time slot. At this time, the master device 10 predicts the reference packet arrival time to the slave device 20 based on the received monitoring packet, and transmits the variation information obtained by comparing the predicted reference packet arrival time with the previous reference packet arrival time in the next reference packet .

The slave device 20 includes a sensor to generate a sensing result as a monitoring packet. The monitoring packet is transmitted to the master device 10 via the wireless network.

The slave device 20 periodically receives the reference packet from the master device 10. [ The slave device 20 opens the reception window when the reference packet arrival time has elapsed based on the previous reference packet to receive the current reference packet. The slave device 20 operates in a sleep mode at a time other than the packet transmission / reception and operates in an active mode at a packet transmission / reception time. That is, the slave device 20 receives the reference packet in the active mode based on the reference packet arrival time, transmits the monitoring packet to the time slot set by the master device 10, and enters the sleep mode.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a tree network including the wireless network fire detection system of FIG. 1. FIG.

Referring to FIG. 2, the wireless network fire detection system 1 of FIG. 1 may be included in a larger wireless network fire detection system 2. For convenience of explanation, the wireless network fire detection system 1 of FIG. 1 is a star network fire detection system, and the larger wireless network fire detection system 2 of FIG. 2 is a tree network fire detection system lets do it.

The tree network fire detection system (2) includes an upper master device (30) and a plurality of star network systems (1).

Each of the slave devices can communicate only with the slave device 10 that is dependent. To this end, each of the slave devices uses the same sink word as the dependent lower master device 10 as the network ID.

When at least one of the slave devices 20 connected to the lower master device 10 moves out of the wireless signal receiving area and does not satisfy the reception sensitivity of the wireless signal, the lower master device 10 transmits the slave device 20- And transmits this information to the adjacent star network system. The lower master 10 can display the non-existent slave device 20-k on its own I / O device and can perform a control operation on it.

The lower master device 10-1 may be connected to another lower master device 1-k via a wireless network, and may exchange information from the slave devices 20 connected to each other.

The plurality of lower master devices 10-1 to 10-M are connected to the upper master device 30 and are dependent thereon. The upper master device 30 receives data on all of the lower master devices 10 and all the slave devices 20 on the wireless network to determine whether or not a fire has occurred, And control signals for controlling the operation of all the slave devices 20 can be generated and transmitted.

The upper master device 30 may be wirelessly connected to the Internet server 41 or the mobile device 42 to notify the result of the fire occurrence determination. The administrator can control whether a fire occurs through the remote central processing unit 50 using the Internet server 41 or the mobile device 42. [

3 is a block diagram specifically showing the master device shown in FIG.

3, the master device 10 includes a micro control unit (MCU) 101, an RF transceiver 102, a clock module 103, a battery 104, a timer 105, a display device 106 A buzzer 107, and a switch 108. [

The MCU 101 controls the overall operation of the master device 10. The MCU 101 receives operating power from the battery 104 based on an operation clock supplied from the clock module 103. For example, when the MCU 101 transmits an instruction to enter the sleep mode to the clock module 103, the clock module 103 generates an operation clock with a low frequency and supplies the operation clock to the MCU 101. The MCU 101 is supplied with the low-power operating power from the battery 104 in accordance with the low-frequency operation clock. For example, when the MCU 101 transmits an instruction to enter the active mode to the clock module 103, the clock module 103 generates a high-frequency operation clock, and the battery 104 generates operating power proportional to the frequency It is supplied.

The MCU 101 generates a reference packet and transmits the reference packet to the slave device 20 via the RF transceiver 102. The reference packet is periodically transmitted to the slave device 20 in accordance with the repetition period initially set in the MCU 101. [ The MCU 101 receives monitoring packets from the slave device 20 in a time division multiplexing manner. That is, the monitoring packets of each of the slave devices 20 are received in the time slot interval determined by the MCU 101. [ The MCU 101 grasps the fluctuation information of the reference packet arrival time based on the monitoring packet. For convenience of description, a detailed description of the reference packet arrival time predicting algorithm will be given in FIG.

The RF transceiver 102 wirelessly connects the master device 10 and other devices 20, 30, 40, and 50 via an antenna. The RF transceiver 102 may have different operating power depending on the sleep mode and the active mode. For example, when configured as a star network fire detection system, the RF transceiver 102 of the lower master can prevent a collision between slave devices of adjacent RF networks, End (Front End).

The timer 105 calculates whether or not the reference packet arrival time has elapsed. For example, a timer interrupt is generated by counting the elapse of the reference packet arrival time from the previous reference packet transmission time.

The display device 106 displays notifications, operations, instructions, and the like of the master device 10 to the administrator.

The buzzer 107 sounds an alarm when a fire occurs as a result of the determination based on the monitoring packet received from the slave devices 20 by the master device 10.

The switch 108 turns on / off the power to the master device 10.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram specifically showing the slave device shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

4, the slave device 20 includes a slave MCU 201, a slave RF transceiver 202, a clock module 203, a battery 204, a timer 205 and a sensor.

For example, the sensor may include a smoke / flame detection sensor 211, a heat detection sensor 212, a gas leakage detection sensor 213, and the like. A detailed description of the sensor is given in FIG. 5 for convenience of explanation.

The slave MCU (201) controls the overall operation of the slave device (20). The slave MCU 201 receives operating power from the battery 204 based on the operation clock supplied from the clock module 203. For example, when the slave MCU 201 sends an instruction to enter the sleep mode to the clock module 203, the clock module 203 generates an operation clock with a low frequency and supplies the operation clock to the slave MCU 201. The slave MCU 201 is supplied with the low-power operating power from the battery 204 in accordance with the low-frequency operation clock. For example, when the slave MCU 201 sends an instruction to enter the active mode to the clock module 203, the clock module 203 generates a high frequency operation clock, and the battery 204 generates operating power .

The slave MCU 201 detects a sync word from the reference packet received from the master device 10 and sets the sync ID to a network ID used for the network with the master device 10. [ The slave MCU 201 detects the variation information of the reference packet arrival time from the reference packet and adjusts the time at which the next reference packet arrives. The slave MCU 201 detects time slot information from the reference packet and transmits the monitoring packet in the corresponding time slot period. The slave MCU 201 transmits the monitoring packet and enters the sleep mode until the next reference packet arrives. When the adjusted reference packet arrival time has elapsed, the slave MCU 201 enters the active mode ahead of the arrival time of the next reference packet, opens the receiving window, and receives the reference packet. A detailed description of the reference packet arrival time predicting algorithm with the master device 10 for convenience of explanation will be given in Fig.

The timer 205 counts time in the slave device 10, generates a timer interruption for a reference packet arrival time, a time slot interval, and the like, and notifies the slave MCU 201 of the timer interruption.

5 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the slave device of FIG. For convenience of explanation, the sensor in the configuration of FIG. 4 will be described in more detail.

4 and 5, the sensor may include various kinds of sensors. For example, the smoke / flame detection sensor 211 may include an infrared LED 214 and an IR light detector 215. When the infrared LED 214 generates infrared light and emits it to the IR light detector 215, the IR light sensor 215 checks the infrared light amount with a high sensitivity sensing, changes to an electric signal, and amplifies it with low power. At this time, the smoke / flame detection sensor 211 is sensitive not only to fire but also to minute smoke such as smoke caused by cigarette smoke, candle smoke, or cooked smoke, so that smoke generation can be informed to the control device 201 '.

The heat sensing sensor 212 'measures the temperature of the ambient atmosphere in real time and notifies the control device 201'.

The control device 201 'interlocks the sensing result of the thermal sensor 212' and the IR light sensor 215 to determine whether a fire has occurred. More specifically, even if the controller 201 'determines that smoke has been generated from the IR light detector 215, it determines that the fire does not occur unless the measured temperature from the heat sensor 212' suddenly changes. As a result, an alarm error of the smoke / flame detection sensor 211 can be reduced.

6 is a timing diagram illustrating a packet transmission / reception operation between a master device and one slave device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to packet 1 of FIG. 6, the master device 10 transmits a reference packet (TXM) to the slave device 20.

The slave device 20 previously opens the reception window based on the reference packet arrival time obtained from the previous reference packet (b1) and receives the current reference packet RXM (b2).

The slave device 20 uses the sink word according to the current reference packet as the network ID and transmits the monitoring packet TXS to the master device 10 in the time slot period (after the TS). At this time, information on the time slot period may be set for each slave device by the time division multiplexing method in the master device 10, and may be included in the reference packet and transmitted to the slave device 20. The time slot interval is longer in time than the monitoring packet (a1 > a2).

The slave device 20 operates in the sleep mode until the next reference packet arrives after the transmission of the monitoring packet.

The master device 10 opens the reception window in the time slot interval a1 and waits until a monitoring packet TXS is received. If the monitoring packet TXS is received from the slave device 20 having the same sink word as the previously transmitted reference packet with the network ID, a previous reference packet arrival time based on the monitoring packet TXS, Compares the packet arrival time (TM), and adjusts the reference packet arrival time according to the comparison result for the next reference packet. A detailed description of the reference packet arrival time adjustment will be given in Fig.

After receiving the monitoring packet, the master device 10 enters the sleep mode while there is no other transmission / reception, and when the next reference packet is transmitted, the master device 10 switches to the active mode and transmits information on the adjusted reference packet arrival time, To the slave device 20 in the next reference packet.

When the next reference packet arrival time TM elapses, the slave device 20 switches from the sleep mode to the active mode, opens the reception window in advance, and receives the next reference packet (TXM of packet 2).

7 is a timing diagram illustrating a packet transmission / reception operation between a master device and a plurality of slave devices according to another embodiment of the present invention. 6 for convenience of explanation, communication between the master device 10 and each slave device 20-k is as shown in Fig.

Referring to FIG. 7, the master device 10 simultaneously transmits a reference packet (TX) to a plurality of slave devices 20-1 to 20-N. At this time, the time slot period is set by time division multiplexing so that the master device 10 does not simultaneously receive two or more monitoring packets.

Each of the slave devices receives the reference packet (RX), sets the network ID, and transmits the monitoring packet in the corresponding time slot period (TX1 to TXN). The slave device 20 sets a timer interruption to occur in the timer 205 after the reference packet arrival time TM and enters a sleep mode (sleep S1 to SN) after completing the transmission of the monitoring packet.

The master device 10 receives each of the monitoring packets RX1 to RXN from each of the slave devices. Upon receiving all of the monitoring packets, the reference packet arrival time is adjusted again based on the monitoring packets, set to the next reference packet, and enters the sleep mode (Sleep M).

Each of the slave devices 20 is switched to an active mode when a timer interrupt occurs, opens the reception window, and receives the next reference packet from the master device 10.

As a result, the master device 10 and the slave device 20 operate in the sleep mode at other times when signal transmission / reception is not performed, thereby reducing power consumption. In addition, the master device 10 and the slave device 20 accurately estimate the arrival time of the reference packet or the monitoring packet, open the receiving window only for a necessary time period, and receive the packet. As compared with the case where the receiving window is always opened, .

Since the master device 10 and the slave device 20 operate with their own clock modules 101 and 201, synchronization is continuously maintained through the reference packet and the monitoring packet. In addition, the master device 10 and the slave device 20 open the reception window in advance of the arrival of each packet before the predicted arrival time so that the packets transmitted from the partner device are not missed. As a result, the communication efficiency on the wireless network can be further increased.

8 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a reference packet according to embodiments of the present invention.

6 to 8, the reference packet includes a preamble, a syncword, a variation (a) of reference packet arrival time, a time slot information, a payload and an error check code (ECC) The reference packet is implemented to ensure a sufficient data transmission rate.

The sync word is a slave device which is distinguished from a slave device that is dependent on the second master device 10-2_ and receives only a monitoring packet of a slave device whose sync word is the same For example, the sink word may be an identification number of 32 bits.

In the initial stage, the master device 10 transmits the reference packet every predetermined reference packet arrival time, but when the time error occurs due to the communication trouble element, the master device 10 reflects the error to the next reference packet transmission and transmits the error. The master device 10 reflects the error to the slave device 20 by reflecting it as the fluctuation information alpha so as to finely adjust the reference packet arrival time previously set in the slave device 20 to the fluctuation information alpha . As a result, the slave device 20 can receive the reference packet in synchronization with the master device 10 in consideration of the communication trouble factor.

The master device 10 may set a time slot period for receiving a monitoring packet and notify it through a reference packet when there are a plurality of slave devices.

The payload may include the result of sensing in the slave device 20. [

The error check code (ECC) is a code for preventing an error that can occur when the monitoring packet is transmitted to the master device 10.

9 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a slave device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 6 and 9, the slave device 20 receives a reference packet TXM from the master device 10 (S10). When the reference packet reception (RXM) is completed (S11), the slave device 20 sets the sync word included in the reference packet RXM to the network ID, The arrival time TM is finely adjusted to the fluctuation information alpha (S12).

The slave device 20 synchronizes the reference signals with the master device 10 based on the reference packet RXM, and detects a time slot section to which the monitoring packet is to be sent (S13).

The slave device 20 transmits a monitoring packet TXS to the master device 10 in the corresponding time slot period (after the elapse of the TS) (S14), and enters the sleep mode (S15).

The timer 205 generates a timer interrupt (S17) when the finely adjusted reference packet arrival time TM 'elapses (S16), and the slave device 20 enters the active mode in the sleep mode (S18) Opens receive window for packets.

10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a master device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 and 10, the master device 10 performs initialization first (S20), the master MCU 201 releases the idle mode Idle and activates the input / output pin (I / O) (S21 ).

The master device 10 enters the active mode in step S22 and transmits a reference packet TXM to all dependent slave devices 20 in step S23 and receives a monitoring packet RXS from the RF transceiver 202 (S24).

When the master device 10 receives the monitoring packet from the slave devices 20 (S25), the master device 10 resets the reference packet arrival time based on the received monitoring packet (S26). More specifically, the timer 105 is reset to generate a timer interrupt at the adjusted reference packet arrival time, and the next reference packet is set with the variation information (alpha) adjusted based on the previous reference packet arrival time.

The master device 10 then enters the sleep mode and deactivates the input / output pins (S27, S28). When the timer 105 elapses the reference packet arrival time TM (S30), the timer interruption is generated (S31), the master device 10 activates the input / output pin, and is switched from the sleep mode to the active mode again.

11 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a master device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 11, the master device 10 performs an ultra low power wireless communication algorithm, that is, a reference packet arrival time calculation algorithm as follows. The master device 10 sets the previous timer time change amount to the current timer time change amount initial value in the initialization step and sets the previous timer time to the current timer time initial value (S40).

When receiving the monitoring packet RXs from the slave device 20 after the transmission of the reference packet TXM, the master device 10 confirms whether the monitoring packet RXs is generated from the slave device 20 to which the monitoring packet belongs. That is, it is accepted only when the sync word set to the network ID of the monitoring packet (RXS) is the same as the sync word of the master device (10).

If the master device 10 receives the monitoring packet generated in the slave device 20 to which the master device 10 belongs, the master device 10 increments the sink word reception counter (S43).

When the sink word reception counter is smaller than 2, that is, in the initial state, the master device 10 sets the previous timer time change amount to the current timer time change amount and sets the previous timer time as the current timer time (S54) Maintain the set initial value.

On the other hand, when the sink word reception counter is 2 or more (S44), the master device 10 measures the current timer time change amount (S45). The master device 10 resets the current timer time change amount to the measured current time timer change amount in proportion to the voltage decrease amount. For example, a value corresponding to 95% of the measured change in the current timer time is subtracted from 10 (S46).

The master device 10 compares the changed current timer time change amount with the previous timer time change amount (S47, S49). If the current timer time change amount is larger than the previous timer time change amount (S47), the master device 10 sets the change information alpha to 1 (S48). The master device 10 sets the change information alpha to 0 if the current timer time change amount is equal to the previous timer time change amount and sets the change information alpha to 0 if the current timer time change amount is less than the previous timer time change amount. 1 (S50).

The master device 10 sets the target time increment to the target time threshold (S52) and sets the current timer time to a value obtained by subtracting the current timer time change amount from the previous timer time change amount and subtracting the change information from the value obtained by adding the target time increment (Current timer time = previous timer time variation - (current timer time variation - target time increment) - variation information) (S53) At this time, the target time increment may be a basic delay time inherent in the communication loop.

The master device 10 sets the previous timer time change amount to the current timer time change amount, sets the previous timer time to the current timer time (S54), adjusts the reference packet arrival time after receiving the next monitoring packet from the slave device .

That is, the master device 10 measures the change amount of the current timer time with respect to the previous timer time and the previous timer time change based on the monitoring packet, reflects the current timer time change amount to the current timer time, . As a result, the master device 10 and the slave device 20 can increase the accuracy of packet reception by setting the timers with fine-tuned reference packet arrival times, respectively.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

1,2: Wireless network fire detection system
10: Master devices 20-1 to 20-N: Slave devices
30: super master device 41: Internet server
42: mobile device 50: remote central processing unit
101: master MCU 102: master RF transceiver
103: Clock module 104: Battery
105: timer 106: display device
107: buzzer 108: switch
201: Slave MCU 202, 202 ': Slave RF transceiver
203: clock module 204: battery
205: Timer 211: Smoke / flame detection sensor
212, 212 ': heat sensor 213: gas leak sensor
214: Infrared LED 215: IR light detector

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A method of operating a wireless network fire detection system comprising a master device and at least one slave device,
(a) receiving, in the slave device, a reference packet (RXM) every predetermined reference packet arrival time (TM) from the master device;
(b) in the slave device, synchronizing based on the reference packet RXM and transmitting a monitoring packet TXS in a set time slot a1;
(c) operating the slave device in a sleep mode until the reference packet arrival time (TM) elapses after transmitting the monitoring packet (TXs) to the master device; And
(d) determining whether a fire has occurred on the basis of the monitoring packet (RXs) received from the slave device in the master device, and operating in a sleep mode when receiving the monitoring packet is completed,
The reference packet arrival time is
Wherein the master device sets the change information of the reference packet arrival time detected based on the reception result of the monitoring packet in the next reference packet.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the master device
Incrementing a sink word receive counter if the sync word of the monitoring packet is the same;
Comparing the time variation of the current timer, which is reset in proportion to the operating voltage reduction amount of the master device, to the previous timer time variation when the sink word reception counter is 2 or more; And
Setting the current timer time to a value obtained by subtracting the variation information based on the comparison result and the difference between the current timer time variation and the target time increment from the previous timer time variation to predict the next reference packet arrival time A method of operating a wireless network fire detection system.
A master device in a wireless network fire detection system,
An RF transceiver for transmitting and receiving a reference packet and a monitoring packet including at least one slave device and time slot section information;
A timer for generating a timer interrupt every time the reference packet arrival time (TM) elapses from the transmission of the reference packet;
The monitoring packet is received from the slave device in the time slot period to determine whether or not a fire has occurred. When the reception of the monitoring packet is completed, the device operates in a sleep mode. When the time interrupt occurs, And an MCU for transmitting a reference packet,
The MCU
And reflects the fluctuation information of the reference packet arrival time detected based on the reception result of the monitoring packet in the next reference packet.
4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the RF transceiver
Transmits and receives information about another slave device belonging to the other master device from another master device,
And transmits and receives a system control signal and information on the slave device from an upper master device.
4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the MCU
A time difference between the present timer time change amount and the target time increment and a difference between the current timer time change amount and the target time increment in the previous timer time change amount and the difference value between the current timer time change amount and the target time increment, And estimates the next reference packet arrival time by setting the value obtained by subtracting the variation information based on the comparison result.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the MCU
Sets the change information to -1 if the current timer time change amount is larger than the previous timer time change amount, sets the change information to +1 if the current timer time change amount is smaller than the previous timer time change amount, And sets the variation information to zero.
4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the master device
A clock module for supplying an operation clock of a low frequency to the MCU in the sleep mode and an operation clock of a high frequency to the MCU in the active mode; And
And a battery for supplying operating power to the MCU and the RF transceiver, respectively, according to the operation clock.
A slave device in a wireless network fire detection system,
Sensor module for monitoring fire occurrence;
An RF transceiver for receiving a reference packet from a master device and transmitting a monitoring packet in a time slot period according to the reference packet;
An MCU for generating the monitoring packet based on sensing results of the sensor module, being synchronized according to the reference packet and detecting the time slot period from the reference packet;
A clock module for supplying a high frequency operation clock to the MCU in an active mode and supplying a low frequency operation clock to the MCU in a sleep mode; And
And a battery for supplying operating power to the MCU and the RF transceiver according to the operation clock,
The MCU
Wherein when the transmission of the monitoring packet is completed, the master device enters the sleep mode, and when the reference packet arrival time detected from the reference packet elapses, enters the active mode and receives the next reference packet from the master device.
9. The method of claim 8,
A preamble, a sync word of the master device, variation information of the reference packet with respect to a previous reference packet, a payload and an error check code,
The MCU
And switches to the active mode and opens a reception window for receiving the next reference packet in advance when the reference packet arrival time reflecting the variation information has elapsed.
9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the sensor
A smoke detection sensor for detecting whether or not smoke is generated according to a change in infrared transmission characteristics between an infrared LED and a photodiode; And
And a heat sensing sensor for sensing whether the ambient air of the slave device has a sudden temperature change within a predetermined time,
The MCU
And generates a monitoring packet by determining that a fire has occurred when the smoke is detected together with the sudden temperature change.
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