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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2018
Mueller International, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Dale McLeod Magley, Norton, MA (US);
Edward J. Meaney, Jr., Bridgewater, MA (US);
David Edwin Splitz, Sandwich, MA (US);
Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
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.
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