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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2012
Applicants:
Ryan W. Swartzendruber, Prospect Heights, IL (US);
Laurence V. Feight, Island Lake, IL (US);
Inventors:
Ryan W. Swartzendruber, Prospect Heights, IL (US);
Laurence V. Feight, Island Lake, IL (US);
Assignee:
SCHWEITZER ENGINEERING LABORATORIES, INC., Pullman, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0261 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A faulted circuit indicator periodically joins a network to report information and receive commands. The faulted circuit indicator optimizes the transmit power used to join the network so that an acceptable network acquisition time and/or robust routing through multiple nodes are obtained.