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US 2008/0186200 A1Published application
High power AMR transmitter with data profiling
AssigneeBadger Meter, Inc.
InventorsKelly Laughlin-Parker, John Fillinger
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Abstract
The invention provides a method and circuitry for transmitting signals in a frequency-hopping, spread-spectrum, AMR network using mobile receivers operating at greater than 1 milliwatt and providing data profiling data to be read out through an I/O port or transmitted over the RF network, which may use one-way or two-way communication.
Claims17
A utility meter transmitter unit for use in an automatic meter reading network, the utility meter transmitter unit comprising:
- a metering signal section for receiving a plurality of signals representing meter reading data from a metering signal source within a local area;
- an arithmetic section for determining utility meter usage over data intervals;
- a storage section for storing the utility usage data corresponding to a data interval within a longer data profiling interval;
- a port for reading out the utility usage data corresponding to a data profiling interval;
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- transmitter circuitry capable of transmitting a first plurality of radio frequency meter reading signals at a power level that is greater than 1 milliwatt.
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A method of collecting and transmitting utility metering data, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of signals representing meter reading data from a utility meter signal source within a local area;
- determining utility meter usage over data intervals;
- storing the utility usage data at data intervals within a longer data profiling interval;
- reading out the data profiling data on demand;
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- transmitting a plurality of radio frequency meter reading data signals at a power level that is greater than 1 milliwatt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.