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Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:

Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);

Inventors:

Scott L. Cumeralto, Spokane Valley, WA (US);

Richard Nolan DeVries, Spokane Valley, WA (US);

Assignee:

Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04L 1/20 (2006.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 56/001 (2013.01); H04L 1/20 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method manages a stream of data to receive a data packet among a set of potentially colliding data packets. The stream of data is monitored with a first detector level to recognize a potential first data packet having a bit sequence that matches a known bit sequence. In response to a recognition of a potential first data packet by the first detector level, the stream of data is monitored with a second detector level to recognize a potential second data packet having a bit sequence that matches a known bit sequence while the first detector level is engaged with the potential first data packet.


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