Systems and methods for a wireless sensor network

Abstract

This disclosure provides systems, method, and computer-readable media for operating a sensor network. The sensor network can include an array of sensor devices and gateways. The sensor devices can sense various conditions of an environment. The sensor devices can include temperature sensors, occupancy detectors, access sensors, motion sensors, tracking devices, etc. The sensor devices can also network and communicate with one another and the gateways in an ad hoc or mesh network. The environment can include different locations, such as warehouse, office building, a complex of buildings, cargo vehicles, containers or the like. The sensor network can be deployed for controlling power consumption, logistics, automated manufacturing, healthcare, intelligent buildings, and smart cities among many other implementations. The sensor devices can communicate sensed conditions and transmit data among each other without a predefined route. When a gateway receives the data, the data can be stored and analyzed at a different location.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for operating a wireless sensor network comprising:
 detecting a first condition at a first sensor device of the wireless sensor network;   transmitting, by the first sensor device, data regarding the first condition to the wireless sensor network;   detecting a second condition at a second sensor device of the wireless sensor network;   transmitting, by the second sensor device, data regarding the second condition to the wireless sensor network;   detecting a third condition at a third sensor device of the wireless sensor network;   receiving, at the third sensor device, the first data and the second data;   transmitting, by the third sensor device, the first data, the second data, and the third data to the wireless sensor network;   receiving, at a gateway, the first data, the second data, and the third data; and   storing, by the gateway, the first data, the second data, and the third data in a cloud-based storage memory.