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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2012
Viet-hung Nguyen, Saint-Mande, FR;
Jerome Bartier, Montrouge, FR;
Bastien Mainaud, Ris-Orangis, FR;
Fabrice Monier, Bry sur Marne, FR;
Daniel Popa, Paris, FR;
Hartman Van Wyk, Montloius sur Loire, FR;
Viet-Hung Nguyen, Saint-Mande, FR;
Jerome Bartier, Montrouge, FR;
Bastien Mainaud, Ris-Orangis, FR;
Fabrice Monier, Bry sur Marne, FR;
Daniel Popa, Paris, FR;
Hartman Van Wyk, Montloius sur Loire, FR;
Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for communicating via a control channel, determining a particular data channel based on the communicating, and transferring data via the particular data channel are described. One or more messages are communicated via the control channel between first and second nodes. The one or more messages may indicate a particular data channel from multiple data channels that may be utilized to transfer data between the first and second nodes. The one or more messages may also indicate a modulation technique and/or data rate that may be implemented on the particular data channel. The one or more messages may be utilized to determine the particular data channel that will be utilized to transfer the data. The first and second nodes may switch to the particular data channel based on the determination and transfer the data via the particular data channel.