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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2020
Applicant:
Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
ITRON, INC., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 76/18 (2018.01); H04W 74/04 (2009.01); H04W 74/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/0816 (2013.01); H04W 74/02 (2013.01); H04W 74/04 (2013.01); H04W 76/18 (2018.02);
Abstract
Various embodiments disclose a computer-implemented method for managing multi-mode communications between node devices in a network comprising initiating a carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) session at a first node while in a first mode, where the CSMA/CA session is associated with a request to transmit a data message to a second node, switching from the first mode to a second mode, in response to switching to the second mode, suspending the CSMA/CA session at the first node, switching back to the first mode, and in response to switching back to the first mode, resuming the CSMA/CA session at the first node.