Address stripping in a meter reading wireless mesh network and associated system
US8217805B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 1, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jul 10, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 16, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W40/24
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A meter reading system includes a meter reading wireless mesh network having wireless meter reading nodes in communication with an access point. Each wireless meter reading node has an address associated therewith. The meter reading wireless mesh network is configured to define a given downstream route, from the access point to a given node via successive intermediate nodes, based upon addresses of the successive intermediate nodes and the given node. The respective address at each successive intermediate node is stripped while routing data along the given downstream route from the access point to the given node.
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