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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2015
Enernoc, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Randy C. Willig, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Morgan Jones, Longmont, CO (US);
Jeffrey P. Mathews, Longmont, CO (US);
EnerNOC, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus receiving and transporting real time resource usage data, including a plurality of narrowband receivers and a controller. The a plurality of narrowband receivers is deployed geographically within a grid, where each of the plurality of narrowband receivers is configured to receive transmissions from a least one of a plurality of transmitting devices, and where each of the plurality of transmitting devices transmits identical data on each of a plurality of frequency bands that are hopped according to a hopping sequence. The controller is coupled to the plurality of narrowband receivers, and is configured to control the plurality of narrowband receivers such that the each of the plurality of transmitting devices is identified, and is configured to control the plurality of receivers such that corresponding data from the each of the transmitting devices is received on at least one of the plurality of frequency bands.