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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:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2023
Applicant:
Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
ITRON, INC., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/0808 (2024.01); H04L 1/08 (2006.01); H04L 43/0852 (2022.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/0825 (2013.01); H04L 1/08 (2013.01); H04L 43/0852 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments disclose a method comprising determining, by a first node, a first link latency associated with a second node based on a time period between consecutive slots in a unicast listening schedule for the second node; in response to the first node detecting a failure in transmitting a first frame to the second node, determining, by the first node based on the first link latency, a first backoff time; and in response to determining that the first backoff time has elapsed, retransmitting, by the first node, the first frame to the second node.