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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2021
Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Fabrice Monier, Bry sur Marne, FR;
Jerome Bartier, Edinburgh, GB;
Yacine Khaled, Meudon, FR;
Imad Jamil, Beynes, FR;
Khalid Maallem, Meudon, FR;
Samuel De Vals, Louveciennes, FR;
ITRON, INC., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments disclose a method that includes: attempting to detect, with a first transceiver associated with a first node, a network discovery signal, wherein the attempting is performed according to (a) a first listening schedule associated with a first physical layer mode and (b) a second listening schedule associated with a second physical layer mode; detecting, with the first transceiver, the network discovery signal during a slot associated with the first listening schedule; and in response to detecting the network discovery signal, establishing, with the first node, a connection between the first node and the second node using the first physical layer mode.