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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2018
Mueller International, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
David Edwin Splitz, Sandwich, MA (US);
Dale McLeod Magley, Norton, MA (US);
Brent Dukes, Raynham, MA (US);
Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method includes periodically sending an Advanced Meter Reading (AMR) beacon from a node at a first regular time interval, the AMR beacon containing a register identification (ID) and a reading detected by the node, and periodically listening, at the node, for a hail message such that instances of listening occur at a second regular time interval smaller than the first regular time interval. The node can also be configured to receive a mobile command from a mobile transceiver, as well as a Network System Status Request and a parent assignment command from a stationary transceiver.