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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2023
Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Khalid Maallem, Meudon, FR;
Jérôme Bartier, Edinburgh, GB;
Fabrice Monier, Bry sur Marne, FR;
Samuel De Vals, Louveciennes, FR;
ITRON, INC., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments disclosed herein provide communication techniques for transferring datasets in a mesh network. In various embodiments, a method includes transmitting, by a server computing device controlling a mesh network, a dataset to a first node in the mesh network; transmitting, by the server computing device, first notifications to respective second nodes that are neighbors to the first node in the mesh network, the first notifications informing the respective second nodes that the dataset is available for download; and in response to determining that a third node from the respective second nodes has received the dataset, transmitting, by the server computing device, second notifications to respective fourth nodes that are neighbors to the first node in the mesh network or are neighbors to the third node in the mesh network, the second notifications informing the respective fourth nodes that the dataset is available for download.