Remote monitoring and control system
US7825793B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 14, 2007 |
| Grant date | Nov 2, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 1, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08B13/1966
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A communication system that provides communication of information between an end user device and a remote end user. The system includes a communication node mounted on the upper part of a utility pole, and drawing its power from the utility pole through a standard NEMA Locking 3 Pole Receptacle, and adapted to communicate with a nearby user device using the low-power communication protocol, such as the ZigBee protocol (ANSI IEEE 802.15.4) or Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) technology, and also adapted to communicate with a neighborhood mesh network of nodes mounted on utility poles. The neighborhood mesh network is capable of communicating, through a regional computer network, with the remote end user.
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