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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2011
Mohsin Hussain, Campbell, CA (US);
Brock Laporte, San Carlos, CA (US);
Udo Uebel, San Francisco, CA (US);
Aftab Zia, Campbell, CA (US);
Mohsin Hussain, Campbell, CA (US);
Brock LaPorte, San Carlos, CA (US);
Udo Uebel, San Francisco, CA (US);
Aftab Zia, Campbell, CA (US);
Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for communicating information on an energy distribution network is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a local supervisor on a communication network, wherein the local supervisor can collect data from one or more energy generation/monitoring devices. The system also includes a command center on the communication network, wherein the command center can generate one or more commands for controlling the one or more energy generation devices. The local supervisor can periodically transmit a data signal indicative of the data to the command center via a first channel of the communication network at a first interval. The local supervisor can also periodically transmit a request for a command to the command center via a second channel of the communication network at a second interval shorter than the first interval. This channel configuration provides effective data communication without a significant increase in the use of network resources.