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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2010
John A. Olson, Brookfield, WI (US);
Kelly Laughlin-parker, Waukesha, WI (US);
Mark Lazar, New Berlin, WI (US);
Michele R. B. Malinowski, Hartford, WI (US);
Jeffrey Schreiner, Milwaukee, WI (US);
John A. Olson, Brookfield, WI (US);
Kelly Laughlin-Parker, Waukesha, WI (US);
Mark Lazar, New Berlin, WI (US);
Michele R. B. Malinowski, Hartford, WI (US);
Jeffrey Schreiner, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Badger Meter, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed for providing a metering site transceiver (or) with the ability to operate in a mobile back-up network () to signal utility consumption data that would otherwise be transmitted to a fixed receiver () in a fixed network AMR system. A mobile collection back-up capability allows a vehicle collection system () to be used to read the remote meters () in the fixed network, when a gateway () is detected as not communicating with the site transceiver (or).