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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2011
Applicant:
Scott Cumeralto, Spokane, WA (US);
Inventor:
Scott Cumeralto, Spokane, WA (US);
Assignee:
Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 19/16 (2006.01); H04W 40/10 (2009.01); H04B 3/36 (2006.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/10 (2013.01); H04B 3/36 (2013.01); H04L 43/0817 (2013.01); H04W 40/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are apparatus and methodology for improving communications among battery operated network endpoints and a central facility. A battery operated endpoint may determine its remaining battery capacity and decide whether it is able to provide message repeating services to other endpoints within the network. The endpoint may make such decision based also on its own communications reliability to a central facility either directly or via other endpoints operating as repeaters.