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High traffic data transmission

US9047760B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 26, 2012
Grant dateJun 2, 2015
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Expiry dateJun 7, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q2209/60
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for communicating with a radio frequency (RF) device. An exemplary method includes: listening, by the collector node, during a listening period, for a hailing signal from a plurality of RF devices on a hailing channel, the hailing signal including identification of a specified data channel; in response to receiving the hailing signal from one of the plurality of RF devices, switching to the specified data channel and receiving data, by the collector node, on the specified data channel; collecting, by the collector node, during a collecting period, data from the plurality of RF devices; and receiving, by the collector node, the data from at least one of the plurality of RF devices, wherein the listening period and the collecting period occur at different times.

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