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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2012
Applicant:
Silver Spring Networks, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jana Van Greunen, Woodside, CA (US);
William Pugh, San Jose, CA (US);
Sterling Hughes, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignee:
Silver Spring Networks, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0222 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment, triplets of network-enabled FCIs operate to monitor the three phases of a power distribution system. In being network-enabled, the FCIs also operate as nodes of an RF mesh network. In an embodiment, upon the detection of a power failure, the triplet of network FCIs is serially operated so as to extend their networking capabilities by approximately three times.