User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1 Preface
- 2 Introduction
- 3 Product Overview
- 4 Ambient Network
- 5 Installation
- 6 Configuration
- 7 Deployment
- 8 Example Deployments
- 9 Firmware Upgrades
- 10 Troubleshooting
- 11 Appendices
User Manual
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GENERATION ACTIVE RFID
As mentioned before, an Ambient network is a multi-hop network. Each GW and MR in the network
has a so-called hop count value. This value represents the number of times a message needs to be
forwarded by other MRs, to reach the GW.
Hop counts are measured from the GW. The GW has hop count 0. MRs in direct communication
range of the GW are on hop 1. MRs that are in range of a MR at hop 1 but are not in range with the
GW are on hop 2, and so forth. Maximum 15 hops are supported.
Eventually, the GW is connected to an PC or other device using an RS232 serial connection. The GW
thus provides the bridge between an Ambient network and your application.
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Illustration 2: Example Ambient network layout with Hop Counts and Wired PC