Multichannel radio receiver with overlapping channel filters

A metering system, comprising:

• a plurality of endpoints;
• and
• a receiver to receive a signal from an endpoint from among the plurality of endpoints, the receiver comprising:
• a channel plan comprising a plurality of channels, each channel in the channel plan comprising a plurality of filters, each filter overlapping at least one other filter, wherein each of the overlapping filters is centered around one of a plurality of different frequencies, and wherein location of the plurality of different frequencies is based at least in part on frequency errors of incoming signals;
• and
• a correlator to receive and interpret data from each of the plurality of overlapping filters defined in the receiver and to recognize an incoming signal received by at least one filter.

A method of receiving radio signals, comprising:

• receiving data from a plurality of filters, wherein each filter overlaps at least one other filter by an amount based at least in part on an occupied bandwidth of an incoming signal, and wherein the plurality of overlapping filters is distributed over frequency spectrum based at least in part on an expected frequency error of the incoming signal, wherein receiving data from the plurality of filters comprises:
• receiving data associated with at least two channel plans, the at least two channel plans utilizing the plurality of filters, wherein the at least two channel plans utilize at least two modulation schemes;
• and
• interpreting data from a filter from among the plurality of overlapping filters.

A method of receiving radio signals, comprising:

• receiving data from a plurality of filters, wherein each filter overlaps at least one other filter by an amount based at least in part on an occupied bandwidth of an incoming signal, wherein each of the plurality of overlapping filters is sized based at least in part on the incoming signal, wherein centers of two filters are located on two sides of the incoming signal, respectively, wherein the incoming signal is received by a filter that overlaps each of the two filters, wherein the plurality of overlapping filters is distributed over frequency spectrum based at least in part on an expected frequency error of the incoming signal, and wherein receiving data from the plurality of filters comprises:
• receiving data associated with at least two channel plans, the at least two channel plans utilizing the plurality of filters, wherein the at least two channel plans utilize at least two modulation schemes;
• and
• interpreting data from a filter from among the plurality of overlapping filters.