364 patents
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Meter-to-transformer connectivity correction
16 Jan 24
The disclosure describes techniques for providing meter-to-transformer connectivity information and/or correction, using voltage-correlation, distance, and/or address data.
Brendan Stellarum, Erik Nilssen
Filed: 15 Jan 21
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Reliable link quality estimation in multi-rate networks
16 Jan 24
Techniques are directed to using communication metric data associated with multiple modulation schemes to achieve a link quality metric that is representative of the link as a whole, across the multiple modulation schemes that may be employed on the link.
Khalid Maallem, Jerome Bartier, Aziza Ben-Mosbah, Yacine Khaled
Filed: 10 Feb 22
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Detection of low gas pressure without pressure sensors
9 Jan 24
Techniques detect a low gas-pressure condition within a region without the use of pressure sensors.
Mark K. Cornwall, James Lee Kann, Peter Clevenger
Filed: 18 Dec 20
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Optimized parent and path selection for battery powered devices within a wireless network
9 Jan 24
Techniques for path selection in a network include a first node in a mesh network receiving, from a second node in the mesh network, a first battery life metric for a path through the mesh network, determining a value representing a remaining battery life of the first node, calculating a second battery life metric based on at least one of the first battery life metric for the path or the value representing the remaining battery life for the first node, and transmitting, to a third node in the mesh network, the second battery life metric.
Christopher Lloyd Osterloh, Keith Wayne Barnes, Thomas Uhling
Filed: 15 Aug 22
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Downlink event allocation in a network
9 Jan 24
Techniques for allocating event offsets within a period of transmission are described.
Jerome Bartier, Keith Barnes, Thomas Uhling, Yacine Khaled, Khalid Maallem
Filed: 1 Aug 22
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Metrology Device Including a High-voltage Protection Module
4 Jan 24
A high-voltage protection module for a metrology device includes a metal-oxide varistor (MOV) coupled across a mains power line, a resistor electrically coupled to the MOV in series with the MOV, and a fuse electrically coupled to the MOV and the resistor in series, the resistor being located between the fuse and the MOV.
Steven Alexander Grey, Dipankar L. Tewari, Jaihind Reddy Maddi
Filed: 13 Sep 23
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Relay for Coupling Remotely-located Leaf Nodes to a Wireless Network
4 Jan 24
A method performed by a first node includes determining respective routing metrics for individual nodes in a set of nodes, wherein higher values for a respective routing metric for a respective node of the set of nodes indicate a higher suitability for forwarding network traffic using the respective node of the set of nodes; receiving a first network packet; in response to determining that the first network packet is a low priority packet, selecting a second node from the set of nodes based on the second node having a respective routing metric below a threshold value; and forwarding the first network packet to the second node.
Bruce EDWARDS, Kunal Pankaj SHAH
Filed: 18 Sep 23
Utility
Meter-to-Transformer Connectivity Correction
4 Jan 24
The disclosure describes techniques for providing meter-to-transformer connectivity information and/or correction, using voltage-correlation, distance, and/or address data.
Brendan Stellarum, Erik Nilssen
Filed: 18 Sep 23
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Input Overvoltage Protection
4 Jan 24
A method, apparatus, and system for providing an input overvoltage protection are disclosed.
Andrew Lancaster, Dipankar L. Tewari
Filed: 29 Jun 22
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Electrical phase identification using a clustering algorithm
2 Jan 24
A method, apparatus, and system for identifying electrical phases connected to electricity meters are disclosed.
Yingjuan Du, Brendan Stellarum
Filed: 28 Apr 22
Utility
Preserving battery life in poor signal conditions using RF link analysis
2 Jan 24
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for operating an electronic device.
Richard Donald Maes, II, Robert Vernon Dusenberry
Filed: 7 Jan 22
Utility
Targeted Parent Selection for Battery-powered Devices
21 Dec 23
Targeted parent selection for nodes within a network include, filtering, by a node in a mesh network using one or more first network optimization criteria, a set of potential parent nodes to generate a subset of potential parent nodes; selecting, by the node using one or more second network optimization criteria, a target parent node from the subset of potential parent nodes; and transmitting, by the node, a connection request to the target parent node.
Imad JAMIL, Keith Wayne BARNES, Fabrice MONIER, Thomas F. UHLING
Filed: 29 Aug 23
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Bluetooth low energy (BLE) advertising packet security
19 Dec 23
Secure pairing of computing devices, such as a field tool and a battery-powered device (BPD), may include generating by the BPD a challenge message including a randomly-generated challenge, and receiving at the field tool a challenge message from the BPD via a Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) advertisement message.
Isaiah Michael Weber, Bret Gregory Holmdahl
Filed: 16 Jun 21
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Secure messaging for outage events
12 Dec 23
Various embodiments disclose a computer-implemented method for sending a message associated with an outage event, comprising, at a first node in a network, receiving a key from a second node in the network, wherein the second node is adjacent to the first node; storing the key in a first memory, wherein the first memory is capable of operating in a low power mode; detecting an outage event; in response to detecting the outage event, operating a first processor in the low power mode; and via the first processor operating in the low power mode: generating a message, securing the message using the key, and sending the message to the second node.
Kalvinder Pal Singh, Darin Byron Johnson, Zoltan Peter Kiss
Filed: 16 Dec 20
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Load-side Voltage Sensing In a Power Meter
7 Dec 23
A load-side voltage detection module for a metrology device includes a plurality of first resistors electrically coupled to a first load-side terminal, the first resistors being in series, a plurality of second resistors electrically coupled to a second load-side terminal, the second resistors being in series, a voltage divider electrically coupled between a first line-side terminal and a second line-side terminal, the voltage divider creating a reference voltage for the load-side voltage detection module, and a pulse generator to generate a pulse based on detection of voltage, the pulse indicating a voltage on at least one of the first load-side terminal or the second load-side terminal, above at least one threshold.
Andrew Lancaster, Stephen Ross Sanner
Filed: 17 Aug 23
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Techniques for Quantifying Behind-the-meter Solar Power Generation
7 Dec 23
Techniques for evaluating electricity distribution infrastructures include a method comprising: determining, by a computing device, respective positions for individual solar panels included in a plurality of solar panels located within a geographical region; determining, by the computing device based on the respective positions and meteorological data for the geographical region, respective predicted solar power generation levels for the individual solar panels; determining, by the computing device based on the respective predicted solar power generation levels for the individual solar panels, a solar power generation estimate for the geographical region; and determining, by the computing device based on the solar power generation estimate for the geographical region and one or more properties of an electricity distribution infrastructure for the geographical region, one or more infrastructure modifications for the electricity distribution infrastructure.
Brian GLAISTER
Filed: 8 Aug 23
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Certificate chain compression to extend node operational lifetime
5 Dec 23
A battery-powered device (BPD) node compresses certificate chains to generate compressed certificate chains.
Keith Barnes, Garten Haeska, Howard Brace, Kalvinder Singh
Filed: 18 Jul 19
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Pressure Sensor Embedded In a Metering Device
30 Nov 23
An example pressure-sensing device includes a pipe or conduit having upstream and downstream connectors for respective upstream and downstream transducers to measure fluid (e.g., water) flow.
Stephane Vago, Vincent Mosser, Arnaud Darras, Gregory Pastor
Filed: 31 May 22
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Discovery of Forwarders to Mitigate Asymmetric Links In a Multicast Group
30 Nov 23
Techniques for establishing communications within a multicast group of nodes included in a mesh network include a method comprising: transmitting, by a node included in a mesh network using unicast, a first request to join a multicast group to a multicast group leader of the multicast group; and in response to determining that no message acknowledging the first request has been received from the multicast group leader, broadcasting, by the node, a second request to join the multicast group.
Jérôme BARTIER, Fabrice MONIER
Filed: 8 Aug 23
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Time Synchronization of Mesh Network Nodes
30 Nov 23
Techniques for performing time synchronization within a network include a method comprising: determining, by a first node, a receive time at which a periodic beacon from a second node is expected to be received based on timing information associated with the second node; determining, by the first node, a first listening window for the periodic beacon based on the receive time and one or more of a drift uncertainty associated with an anticipated drift in a correction of a timing error between the first node and the second node or a jitter uncertainty associated with timing jitter in the first node or the second node; and listening, by the first node, for the periodic beacon during the first listening window.
Thomas F. UHLING, Keith Wayne BARNES, Howard Neal BRACE, Imad JAMIL
Filed: 8 Aug 23