System and method for handling a power outage
US8751848B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 2, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jun 10, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 2, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W74/08
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for reporting a power outage to a communications controller includes detecting the power outage, and selecting a transmission slot from a plurality of transmission slots in order to report the power outage to the communications controller, the transmission slot selected according to a non-uniform probability distribution function, the non-uniform probability distribution function is monotonic with time after the power outage. The method also includes transmitting a first power outage indicator to the communications controller in the transmission slot selected.
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