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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
May. 26, 2023
Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Richard Donald Maes, II, Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Robert Vernon Dusenberry, Newman Lake, WA (US);
Eric S. Benson, Spokane Valley, WA (US);
ITRON, INC., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for transmitting data include one or more processors of a computing device included in a network device identifying data to be transmitted, wherein the computing device includes the one or more processors, a queue, and a transmitter, and wherein the network device includes the computing device and a transceiver that is configured to transmit data outside of the network device; adding the data to the queue; and during an open data session window: transmitting, via the transmitter and to the transceiver, data extracted from the queue; and in response to determining that an amount of data in the queue is below a threshold, (a) delaying for a period of time, and (b) after the period of time, instructing the transceiver to end the open data session window early and transition to a lower power state.