METHOD FOR IMPROVING RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMISSION RECEPTION

1 . A method for improving Radio Frequency (RF) transmission comprising the steps of:

receiving a first RF transmission;

determining a strength of the first RF transmission using a controller; and

adjusting a radio maturity buffer, thereby improving signal reception.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of adjusting a radio maturity buffer comprises increasing a period of said radio maturity buffer.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein increasing said period of said radio maturity buffer comprises a user manually inputting a new radio maturity buffer period into said controller.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein increasing said period of said radio maturity buffer comprises said controller automatically calculating a new radio maturity buffer based on said strength of the first RF transmission.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of adjusting a redundancy of said RF transmission based on said strength of said first RF transmission.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein said redundancy of said first transmission is a number of repeated identical messages within a single transmission.

7 . An electrical control system comprising;

a first wireless device having at least a receiver and a transmitter;

at least one second wireless device operable to wirelessly communicate with said first wireless device using a redundant telegram;

said second wireless device having a radio buffer maturity defining a time period during which redundant telegrams are a single message;

said first wireless device further operable to alter said time period, thereby increasing the radio buffer maturity.

8 . The electrical system of claim 7 , wherein each of said at least one second wireless devices comprises a wireless transmitter and a wireless receiver.

9 . The electrical system of claim 7 , wherein each of said second wireless devices comprises a self powered radio switch.

10 . The electrical system of claim 7 , wherein said first wireless device comprises a data entry component operable to allow a user to manually alter said radio buffer maturity.

11 . The electrical system of claim 7 , wherein said first wireless device comprises a data entry component operable to allow a user to enter a manual alteration to said radio maturity buffer.

12 . The electrical system of claim 11 , wherein said manual alteration comprises an increased number of redundant messages within each telegram.

13 . The electrical system of claim 11 , wherein said manual alteration comprises an increased time period of said radio maturity buffer.

14 . The electrical system of claim 7 , wherein said first wireless device comprises a microprocessor operable to perform the steps of:

receiving a first RF transmission;

determining a strength of the first RF transmission using a controller; and

adjusting a radio maturity buffer, thereby improving signal reception.

15 . A method for improving Radio Frequency (RF) transmissions comprising the steps of:

monitoring an amount of harvested energy at a remote transmitter; and

adjusting a redundancy of RF transmissions from said remote transmitter based on an available amount of energy.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein said step of adjusting a redundancy of RF transmissions from said remote transmitter based on an available amount of energy further comprises setting said redundancy at a maximum possible value, based on said amount of harvested energy.

17 . The method of claim 15 , wherein said step of adjusting a redundancy of RF transmissions from said remote transmitter based on an available amount of energy further comprises setting said redundancy at a maximum possible value based on a portion of said amount of harvested energy, thereby preventing said harvested energy from being entirely consumed.

18 . The method of claim 15 , wherein said amount of harvested energy is an amount of energy harvested from a self powering switch.

19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein said self powering switch harvests mechanical energy from the operation of the switch.