Terminal device, method of operating a terminal device, industrial machine, and method of setting up an industrial machine

1. A terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ) for an industrial machine ( 100 ), wherein the terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ) comprises at least one communication module (C) and an antenna (A), and wherein the terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ) is configured to:

determine an initial transmission power for the terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ) as a function of a previously determined relative position (POSa) of the terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a; 200 b ) to at least one master unit (MAS), and

transmit a radio signal (rsa) with the determined initial transmission power via an uplink radio channel (UL).

2. The terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ) according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ) is configured to:

determine a relative actual position (POSb) of the terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ) to the at least one master unit (MAS),

determine a further transmission power as a function of (c) the determined relative actual position (POSb) of the terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ) to the at least one master unit (MAS), as a function of (d) a previously determined estimated value for the transmission power at the determined relative actual position (POSb), or as a function of both (c) and (d), and

to transmit a further radio signal (rsb) with the determined further transmission power via the uplink channel (UL).

3. The terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ) according to claim 2 , wherein the terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ) is configured to:

determine the further transmission power as a function of a previously determined item of environment information between the relative actual position (POSb) and the position of the master unit (MAS).

4. The terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ) according to claim 3 wherein determining a transmission power of the terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ) is further based on the information about the position (POSb) of the terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ).

5. The terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ) according to claim 3 wherein determining a transmission power of the terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ) is further based on the information about the speed and direction of the terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ).

6. The terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ) according to claim 5 wherein determining a transmission power of the terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ) is further based on the environmental information.

7. The terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ) according to claim 3 wherein the environmental information is information about the influence of objects on the uplink radio channel (UL).

8. The terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ) according to claim 2 further comprising a sensor configured to provide information about a position (POSb) of the terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ).

9. The terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ) according to claim 2 further comprising a sensor configured to provide information about a speed and a direction of a movement of the terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ).

10. The terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ) according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ) is configured to

to receive data from a sensor (S), an actuator (A), or both the sensor (S) and the actuator (A), and

to transmit the received data via the radio signal (rsa), a further radio signal (rsb), or both the radio signal (rsa) and the further radio signal (rsb).

11. An industrial machine ( 100 ) comprising a plurality of terminal devices ( 200 a , 200 b ) according to claim 1 and the at least one master unit (MAS) with which the plurality of terminal devices ( 200 a , 200 b ) communicate wirelessly.

12. A method of operating a terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ) of an industrial machine ( 100 ), the method comprising:

determining an initial transmission power for the terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ) as a function of a previously determined relative position (POSa) of the terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a; 200 b ) to at least one master unit (MAS), and

transmitting a radio signal (rsa) with the determined initial transmission power via an uplink radio channel (UL).

13. A method of setting up the industrial machine ( 100 ) having a plurality of terminal devices ( 200 a , 200 b ) where in each terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ) comprises at least one communication module (C) and an antenna (A), and wherein each terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ) is configured to:

determine an initial transmission power as a function of a previously determined relative position (POSa) of the terminal device ( 200 ; 200 a ; 200 b ) to at least one master unit (MAS), and transmit a radio signal (rsa) with the determined initial transmission power via an uplink radio channel (UL), the method comprising:

determining the position of the at least one master unit (MAS) with which the plurality of terminal devices ( 200 a , 200 b ) are to communicate wirelessly,

determining the respective relative positions (POSa) of the plurality of terminal devices ( 200 a , 200 b ) to the master unit (MAS),

providing data for the respective terminal device ( 200 a , 200 b ) with the assigned relative position (POSa), with the estimated values for the transmission power, and

arranging the terminal devices ( 200 a , 200 b ) provided with data at the assigned relative position.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises:

determining an item of environment information between respective positions of the terminal devices ( 200 a , 200 b ) and the position of the master unit (MAS), and

providing data for the respective terminal device ( 200 a , 200 b ) with the environment information, with the estimated values for the transmission power, or both.