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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 11, 2019
Applicant:

Itron Global Sarl, Liberty Lake, WA (US);

Inventors:

Jerome Bartier, Edinburgh, GB;

Fabrice Monier, Bry sur Marne, FR;

Yacine Khaled, Meudon, FR;

Ahmad Kaouk, Meudon, FR;

Vincent Roussel, Meudon, FR;

Bastien Mainaud, Ris-Orangis, FR;

Viet-Hung Nguyen, Saint-Mande, FR;

Assignee:

Itron Global SARL, Liberty Lake, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04L 27/32 (2006.01); H04L 12/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 27/32 (2013.01); H04L 12/44 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques are directed to opportunistically communicating using a modulation scheme that is other than the preferred modulation scheme, to update communication metric data for the second modulation scheme, such as a modulation scheme that has not been used as much as the first modulation scheme. The second modulation scheme may be associated with a higher data rate than the preferred modulation scheme. If communication using the second modulation scheme is successful, subsequent communication may be carried out exclusively using the second modulation scheme, and the communication metrics may develop such that the second modulation scheme becomes the preferred modulation scheme.


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