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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2012
Marcia R. Martin, Denver, CO (US);
Henrick F. Bernheim, Denver, CO (US);
Andrew Louis Abendschein, Longmont, CO (US);
Marcia R. Martin, Denver, CO (US);
Henrick F. Bernheim, Denver, CO (US);
Andrew Louis Abendschein, Longmont, CO (US);
Astrolink International LLC, Bethesda, MD (US);
Dominion Energy Technologies, Inc., Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for synchronizing edge devices on a network, wherein the network has limited bandwidth and does not support a practical carrier sense mechanism. The edge devices transmit, using a slotted protocol, to a server located at a central data aggregation point. The server also controls a Central Transmitter, which sends messages to the edge devices to assign transmission slots and provide timing information to the edge devices to ensure that transmissions sent by devices sharing the same communication channel do not collide.