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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2012
Robert Henry Grady, Rumford, RI (US);
Robert Henry Grady, Rumford, RI (US);
Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for communicating data within mesh networks are provided. According to one implementation, a data communication node comprises a radio frequency (RF) driver configured to transmit RF signals to and receive RF signals from a remote device via an antenna. The node further comprises a timing device configured to establish a plurality of sequential time periods having start times and end times in synchronization with corresponding time periods of the remote device. The node also includes a memory device configured to store a frequency channel table listing a predetermined sequence of channels, the table also being stored in the remote device. Furthermore, the node comprises a transmitting module configured to forward information related to a data packet to the RF driver for transmission over a channel of the predetermined sequence of channels to the remote device during a first of the plurality of sequential time periods.