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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2001
Applicants:
Brig Barnum Elliott, Arlington, MA (US);
David Spencer Pearson, Bennington, VT (US);
Inventors:
Brig Barnum Elliott, Arlington, MA (US);
David Spencer Pearson, Bennington, VT (US);
Assignee:
BBNT Solutions LLC, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for conserving energy in a multi-node network () includes nodes () configured to organize themselves into tiers (). The nodes () are further configured to produce a transmit/receive schedule at a first tier () in the network () and control the powering-on and powering-off of transmitters and receivers in nodes () in a tier adjacent () to the first tier () according to the transmit/receive schedule.