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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2024
Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Thomas F. Uhling, Spokane Valley, WA (US);
Keith Wayne Barnes, Waseca, MN (US);
ITRON, INC., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for determining network reliability using message success rates include receiving, by a first node and for a plurality of respective potential parent nodes, respective accumulated uplink message success rates, wherein a respective accumulated uplink message success rate for a respective potential parent node indicates a probability of successfully transmitting messages from that respective potential parent node to a target destination; determining, by the first node, respective local uplink message success rates for the plurality of respective potential parent nodes, wherein a respective local uplink message success rate indicates a probability of successfully transmitting messages from the first node to that respective potential parent node; and selecting, by the first node based on the respective accumulated uplink message success rates and the respective local uplink message success rates, a first respective potential parent node from the plurality of respective potential parent nodes as a parent node.