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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2019
Applicant:
Landis+gyr Innovations, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Inventor:
Lawrence S. Harris, Duluth, GA (US);
Assignee:
Landis+Gyr Innovations, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04L 67/1042 (2022.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1046 (2013.01); H04W 48/10 (2013.01); H04W 56/001 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes a joining node, not yet joined to a network, listening to a second node that is joined to the network. The joining node may determine a join time at which to request to join the network. The joining node may receive from the second node a beacon indicating time synchronization of the network and further including a first congestion variable indicating a level of congestion of the network. The joining node may adjust the join time based on the first congestion variable in the beacon. At the join time, the joining node may transmit an association request to join the network.