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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1999
David Moon Yee, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Robert Henry Bickley, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Philip John Zucarelli, Glendale, AZ (US);
Theodore Woolley Keller, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Taul Eric Aragaki, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Michael Durkin, Cave Creek, AZ (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
Utility consumption data is provided over power line carrier links to local nodes and routed through a network of local nodes over peer-to-peer line-of-sight RF links to a utility service provider. Backhauler nodes combine the utility consumption data from the local nodes within a coverage region for routing to the utility service provider. Consumer nodes include sensing elements for measuring the utility consumption data, and switching elements for connecting or disconnecting the utility from a consumer location. Messages are sent through the network requesting the utility consumption data and for activating the switching elements.