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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2015
Landis+gyr Innovations, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Jeffrey Shudark, Cumming, GA (US);
Christopher Calvert, Roswell, GA (US);
Landis+Gyr Innovations, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abstract
A node receives status data associated with a current collector in the network, where the node is active on the current collector. The node also receives status data associated with a candidate collector in the network, where the node is not active on the candidate collector. An analysis of the status data of the collectors is generated, where the analysis includes at least comparing respective network loads reported in the received status data. An optimal collector is determined from among the current collector and the candidate collector. The determination of the optimal collector is based at least in part upon the analysis of the status data of the collectors. The node remains active on the current collector when the current collector is determined to be the optimal collector, and the node becomes active on the candidate collector when the candidate collector is determined to be the optimal collector.