Node communication with unknown network ID
AssigneeMueller International, LLC
InventorsDale McLeod Magley, Edward J. Meaney, Jr., David Edwin Splitz
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Abstract
A method includes sending, by a node, a beacon at a regular time interval, the beacon comprising at least an associated utility device identification (ID) and communication channel information; receiving, at the node, a message from a network device on the communication channel beginning within a time window after a defined delay after the beacon was sent; determining, by the node, if the message comprises the associated utility device ID; and initiating, by the node, temporary two-way communication by sending a response to the network device.
Claims14
A method comprising steps of:
- sending, by a node, a beacon at a regular time interval, the beacon comprising an associated utility device identification number (ID) and communication channel information;
- receiving, at the node, a message from a network device on the communication channel that is beginning within a time window after a predefined delay after the beacon was sent;
- determining, by the node, whether the message comprises the utility device ID;
- and
- initiating, by the node, temporary two-way communication by sending a response to the network device responsive to determining the message comprises the utility device ID.
A node, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- logic processed by the processor to
- send a beacon at a regular time interval, the beacon comprising a utility device identification (ID) and communication channel information;
- receive a message from a network device on the communication channel beginning within a time window after a predefined delay after the beacon was sent;
- determine if the message comprises the utility device ID;
- and
- initiate temporary two-way communication by sending a response to the network device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.