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US 10,383,060 B2Granted
Systems and methods for using a mobile gateway in a low power wide area network
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorsRoss Gilson, William Carroll VerSteeg
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Abstract
Systems and methods for effectuating communication in a low power wide area network using a mobile data-handling device are disclosed. A method may comprise moving a mobile data-handling device to a first position that is within communication range of an end node of a low power wide area network. The mobile data-handling device may receive a data packet from the end node and may move to a second position at which the mobile data-handling device connects to a data-receiving device. The mobile data-handling device may transmit, via the data-receiving device, the data packet to a computing system for further processing.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- moving a mobile data-handling device to a first position that is within communication range of an end node of a low power wide area network;
- receiving, by the mobile data-handling device at the first position, a data packet from the end node;
- moving the mobile data-handling device to a second position at which the mobile data-handling device is able to communicate with a data-receiving device associated with the low power wide area network;
- causing to connect, at the second position, the mobile data-handling device to the data-receiving device;
- transmitting, by the mobile data-handling device, the data packet to the data-receiving device;
- receiving, by the mobile data-handling device and from the data-receiving device, a first acknowledgement indicating that a computing device associated with the low power wide area network received the data packet via the data-receiving device;
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- transmitting, by the mobile data-handling device and to the end node, the first acknowledgement.
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A method comprising:
- transmitting schedule information to an end node of a low power wide area network, the schedule information indicative of a time period for a mobile data-handling device to be within communication range of the end node;
- moving the mobile data-handling device to a first position that is within communication range of the end node;
- transmitting, by the mobile data-handling device and during the time period indicated in the schedule information, a message to the end node indicating that the mobile data-handling device is within communication range of the end node;
- receiving, by the mobile data-handling device, from the end node, and via a first spreading factor associated with spread spectrum modulation, a preamble of a data packet;
- based on the receiving the preamble and not receiving, by the mobile data-handling device and via a second spreading factor that is lower than the first spreading factor, a payload of the data packet within a predetermined period of time after receiving the preamble, transmitting, by the mobile data-handling device, a negative acknowledgement to the end node indicating that the mobile data-handling device received the preamble but not the payload;
- receiving, by the mobile data-handling device and from the end node, the payload of the data packet and
- transmitting, by the mobile data-handling device, the data packet to a computing device associated with the low power wide area network.
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A method comprising:
- identifying, by an end node of a low power wide area network, a mobile data-handling device in communication range of the end node;
- transmitting, by the end node and to the mobile data-handling device, a first notification that the end node had communicated with a second data-handling device during a prior, pre-determined length of time;
- based on the transmitting the first notification, receiving, by the end node, a second notification that a data-handling device other than the mobile data-handling device is within communication range of the end node;
- based on the second notification that a data-handling device other than the mobile data-handling device is within communication range of the end node, causing to adjust an operational parameter of the mobile data-handling device or the end node;
- transmitting, by the end node and to the mobile data-handling device, a data packet;
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- receiving, by the end node and from the mobile data-handling device, an acknowledgement indicating that the mobile data-handling device received the data packet, wherein the receiving the acknowledgement is performed according to at least the adjusted operational parameter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.