# US 2020/0404579 A1 · Method, device and system for the transmission of data from a data transmitter to a server > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0404579 A1 - Document ID: US20200404579A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/894,304 - Filed: 2020-06-05 - Published: 2020-12-24 - Earliest claimed: 2019-06-19 - Assignees: Sagemcom Energy & Telecom SAS - Applicants: Sagemcom Energy & Telecom SAS - Inventors: Jérôme BAROIS; Guillaume JUAN - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200404579A1 ## CPC - H04L 47/805: {QOS or priority aware} - H04W 48/08: Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery (signalling during connection H04W76/00) - H04L 1/0026: {Transmission of channel quality indication} - H04W 24/02: Arrangements for optimising operational condition - H04W 28/0268: {using specific QoS parameters for wireless networks, e.g. QoS class identifier [QCI] or guaranteed bit rate [GBR] (negotiating SLA or negotiating QoS H04W28/24)} - H04W 36/06: Reselecting a communication resource in the serving access point - H04W 36/304: {due to measured or perceived resources with higher communication quality} - H04W 72/543: based on requested quality, e.g. QoS - H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A method for the transmission of data from a data transmitter to a server by means of a cellular network using frequency sub-bands. A modem selects at least one sub-band from among the frequency sub-bands of the frequency plane, the transmitter obtains at least one frequency sub-band selected, the transmitter obtains information representing the quality of service of the connection between the transmitter and the server, the transmitter checks whether the information representing the quality is superior to or equal to a predetermined quality level, the transmitter notifies the modem of a prohibition of selection of at least one previously selected frequency sub-band if the information representing the quality of service of the connection between the transmitter and the server is inferior to the predetermined quality level. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for the transmission of data from a data transmitter to a server with at least one predetermined quality-of-service level, the data being transmitted by means of a cellular network using frequency sub-bands, wherein said method causes the transmitter to perform: selecting, by a modem of the transmitter, of at least one sub-band from among the frequency sub-bands of the frequency plane enabled for the transmission of data to the server, obtaining, by the transmitter, of at least one selected frequency sub-band, obtaining of information representing the quality of service of the connection between the transmitter and the server, checking, by the transmitter, whether the information representing the quality of service of the connection between the transmitter and the server is superior to or equal to a predetermined quality level, transferring, by the transmitter, of the data to the server if the information representing the quality of service of the connection between the transmitter and the server is superior to or equal to the predetermined quality level, notifying to the modem, by the transmitter, of a prohibition of selection of at least one previously selected frequency sub-band if the information representing the quality of service of the connection between the transmitter and the server is not superior to or equal to a predetermined quality level, performing, by the transmitter, the selection, obtaining and notification steps as long as the information representing the quality of service of the connection between the transmitter and the server is not superior to or equal to the predetermined quality level. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein if all the frequency sub-bands of the frequency plane are prohibited, the method causes the transmitter to perform notifying to the modem, that the prohibited frequency sub-bands can once again be selected, and performing the selection, obtaining and notification steps as long as the information representing the quality of service of the connection between the transmitter and the server is not superior to or equal to the predetermined quality level. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1 wherein the information representing the quality of service of the connection between the transmitter and the server is determined by sending TCP or UDP data packets of minimum or maximum size. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the transmitter is included in a data concentrator concentrating data received from a plurality of electricity meters. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further causes the server to notify by the server of an absence of reception of data from the transmitter. ### Claim 6 A device for the transmission of data from a data transmitter to a server with at least one predetermined quality-of-service level, the data being transmitted by means of a cellular network using frequency sub-bands, wherein the device comprises circuitry causing the device to perform: selecting, by a modem of the device, of at least one sub-band from among the frequency sub-bands of the frequency plane enabled for the transmission of data to the server, obtaining at least one selected frequency sub-band, obtaining information representing the quality of service of the connection between the transmitter and the server, checking whether the information representing the quality of service of the connection between the transmitter and the server is superior to or equal to a predetermined quality level, transferring data to the server if the information representing the quality of service of the connection between the transmitter and the server is superior to or equal to the predetermined quality level, notifying to the modem a prohibition of selection of at least one previously selected frequency sub-band if the information representing the quality of service of the connection between the transmitter and the server is not superior to or equal to the predetermined quality level, activating the selection, obtaining and notification means as long as the information representing the quality of service of the connection between the transmitter and the server is not superior to or equal to the predetermined quality level. ### Claim 7 A system for the transmission of data from a data transmitter to a server with at least one predetermined quality-of-service level, the data being transmitted by means of a cellular network using frequency sub-bands, wherein the system comprises circuitry causing the system to perform: selecting, by a modem of the transmitter, of at least one sub-band from among the frequency sub-bands of the frequency plane enabled for the transmission of data to the server, obtaining, by the transmitter, at least one frequency sub-band selected, obtaining information representing the quality of service of the connection between the transmitter and the server, checking by the transmitter, whether the information representing the quality of service of the connection between the transmitter and the server is superior to or equal to a predetermined quality level, transferring by the transmitter of data to the server if the information representing the quality of service of the connection between the transmitter and the server is superior to or equal to the predetermined quality level, notifying, by the transmitter to the modem of a prohibition of selection of at least one previously selected frequency sub-band if the information representing the quality of service of the connection between the transmitter and the server is not superior to or equal to a predetermined quality level, activating by the transmitter the selecting, obtaining and notifying means as long as the information representing the quality of service of the connection between the transmitter and the server is not superior to or equal to the predetermined quality level, notifying by the server of an absence of reception of data from the transmitter. ### Claim 8 A computer program stored on an information carrier, said program comprising instructions for implementing the method according to claim, 1, when it is loaded into and executed by a computer system. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A storage means, wherein they store a computer program comprising instructions for implementing, by a device, the method according to claim 1, when said program is executed by a processor of said device.