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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
May. 08, 2018
Applicant:
Landis+gyr Innovations, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Scott Hett, Smyrna, GA (US);
Lawrence Harris, Duluth, GA (US);
Darrell Jefferson, Roswell, GA (US);
James Patrick Hanley, Decatur, GA (US);
Assignee:
Landis+Gyr Innovations, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 36/16 (2009.01); H04W 40/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 36/16 (2013.01); H04W 40/02 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 56/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for managing nodes in mesh networks are provided. A parent node may switch PANs and coordinate the switch with its child nodes. The parent node and its child nodes may maintain timing synchronization information for a current PAN and a new PAN. The parent node and its child nodes may switch to the new PAN using the same switching time.