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Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2012
Applicants:

Viet-hung Nguyen, Saint-Mande, FR;

Bastien Mainaud, Ris-Orangis, FR;

Fabrice Monier, Bry sur Marne, FR;

Jerome Bartier, Montrouge, FR;

Inventors:

Viet-Hung Nguyen, Saint-Mande, FR;

Bastien Mainaud, Ris-Orangis, FR;

Fabrice Monier, Bry sur Marne, FR;

Jerome Bartier, Montrouge, FR;

Assignee:

Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04W 40/12 (2009.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/12 (2013.01); H04L 43/0805 (2013.01); H04L 45/127 (2013.01); H04L 45/70 (2013.01); H04L 45/54 (2013.01); Y04S 40/168 (2013.01);
Abstract

A node receives information that is to be transmitted to a destination. Upon receipt of the information, the node may query a busy device list to determine an availability of one or more neighbor nodes. The node may then identify a neighbor node that, according to the busy device list, is available to receive transmissions and is capable of propagating the information to the destination. The node may then transmit the information to the identified neighbor node.


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