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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
May. 08, 2008
Raymond H. Kelley, Raleigh, NC (US);
Kenneth C. Shuey, Zebulon, NC (US);
Raymond H. Kelley, Raleigh, NC (US);
Kenneth C. Shuey, Zebulon, NC (US);
Elster Electricity, LLC, Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
Techniques for power outage management and power support restoration for devices in a wireless network are disclosed herein. Such a wireless network may include a number of bi-directional nodes in bi-directional wireless communication with one or more central nodes. Each bi-directional node may have a wireless communication path to one of the central nodes that is either a direct path or an indirect path through one or more intermediate bi-directional nodes serving as relays. Each bi-directional node may be configured to detect when it has become stranded such that it can no longer communicate with its assigned central node via its assigned communication path, to determine a reason for its stranding, and to transmit a stranding notification and the reason therefore.