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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2023
Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Thomas F. Uhling, Spokane Valley, WA (US);
Keith Wayne Barnes, Waseca, MN (US);
Howard Neal Brace, Waseca, MN (US);
Imad Jamil, Beynes, FR;
Fabrice Monier, Bry sur Marne, FR;
ITRON, INC., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Abstract
A network system includes a main network implementing a conventional network protocol and a subtree of battery-powered nodes implementing a custom network protocol. The main network and the subtree are managed according to different subtree parameters. When a root node receives a request by a battery-powered node to join the subtree, the root node determines whether to allow the battery-powered node to join based on the subtree parameters for the subtree before sending a response to the battery-powered node.