The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Popa, Fleury les Aubrais, FR;
Mehdi Mani, Paris, FR;
Michael T. Garrison Stuber, Newman Lake, WA (US);
Assignee:
Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 60/04 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04W 84/22 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 60/04 (2013.01); H04L 61/1511 (2013.01); H04L 61/2015 (2013.01); H04L 61/2046 (2013.01); H04L 63/065 (2013.01); H04L 63/0892 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 84/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A new device is deployed to an area in which a network is provided. The new device may join the network using a single handshake via a neighboring device that is a member of the network and register with a network management system managing the network. If the network is overloaded or has limited bandwidth remaining, the network may refuse to admit the new device, or if the new device is isolated, may force some devices that are members of the network to leave or migrate from the network to allow the isolated device to join the network.