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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2017
Itron Global Sarl, Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Hartman Van Wyk, Montloius sur Loire, FR;
Jerome Bartier, Edinburgh, GB;
Fabrice Monier, Bry sur Marne, FR;
Sylvain Trinquet, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;
Laurent Van Dersteen, Plaisir, FR;
Itron Global SARL, Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for employing a Mains Powered Device as a proxy for communicating on behalf of a Battery Powered Device are described herein. In some examples, the Mains Powered Device may be a parent node to the Battery Powered Device in a network which operates using a Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL). The Mains Powered Device may detect and/or forward a Destination Advertisement Object (DAO) transmitted from the Battery Powered Device to a DODAG root of the network, and begin to perform subsequent transmission of DAOs on behalf of the Battery Powered Device. In this way, the Mains Powered Device updates a routing table of the DODAG root periodically to include an indication of the Battery Powered Device as existing in the network, while extending the battery life of the Battery Powered Device by transmitting DAOs on behalf of the Battery Powered Device.