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121. 发明专利

CA3160667A1 TIME SYNCHRONIZATION OF MESH NETWORK NODES 未知
公开(公告)号：CA3160667A1
公开(公告)日：2022-11-20
申请号：CA3160667
申请日：2022-05-12
申请人： ITRON INC
发明人： UHLING THOMAS F , BARNES KETIH WAYNE , BRACE HOWARD NEAL , JAMIL IMAD
IPC分类号： H04L7/00 , H04L69/28 , H04W56/00
摘要： One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for performing time synchronization within a network. The technique includes receiving, from a first node in the network and at a first receive time, a first periodic beacon that includes a first network time associated with the first node. The technique also includes determining a second receive time at which a second periodic beacon from the first node is to be received based on the first network time and the first receive time. The technique further includes calculating a first listening window for the second periodic beacon based on the second receive time, a first jitter uncertainty, and a first drift uncertainty, and listening for the second periodic beacon during the first listening window.

122. 发明专利

AU2021250853A1 Disaggregation of gas load to determine meter or service under-sizing 未知
公开(公告)号：AU2021250853A1
公开(公告)日：2022-07-07
申请号：AU2021250853
申请日：2021-10-12
申请人： ITRON INC
发明人： CORNWALL MARK K , KANN JAMES LEE , CLEVENGER PETER
IPC分类号： G01D4/00 , G01F15/06
摘要： DISAGGREGATION OF GAS LOAD TO DETERMINE METER OR SERVICE UNDER-SIZING Techniques determine if a gas service (e.g., piping and/or meter) is under sized for the customer's needs. In one example, flowrate information corresponding to gas usage at a service site over a first period of time is obtained. The flowrate information is disaggregated to determine an expected flowrate associated with each of two or more appliances having generally fixed-rates of gas consumption. Flowrate information is again obtained, corresponding to a second period of time. The second flowrate information is compared to one or more combinations (i.e., summations) of the expected flowrates associated with each of the two or more appliances. Based on the comparison, it may be determined that the service site is not appropriately sized. In an example, failure to detect two fixed-rate of gas-consumption appliances operating at their respective fixed-rates at the same time may indicate that the service cannot provide gas at a sufficient flowrate. ET MODULE 304 METROLOGY COMMS UTLT AAMODULE MODULE COLLECTION DEVICE 306 210 (UDCD) 3 MESSAGE PROCESSING PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT 308 CONSUMPTION PROCESSOR(S) 214 MESSAGE PROCESSING MODULE 218, RATE MEASUREMENT RATE ASSOCIATION MODULE DATA LOGGING MODULE CONSUMPTION FIG . LOG226

123. 发明专利

CA3142256A1 TECHNIQUES FOR PRESERVING BATTERY LIFE IN POOR SIGNAL CONDITIONS USING CELLULAR PROTOCOL INFORMATION 未知
公开(公告)号：CA3142256A1
公开(公告)日：2022-06-18
申请号：CA3142256
申请日：2021-12-14
申请人： ITRON INC
发明人： DUSENBERRY ROBERT VERNON , MAES RICHARD DONALD
IPC分类号： H04W52/18 , H04W52/02
摘要： One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for operating an electronic device within a cellular environment. The technique includes determining a coverage enhancement (CE) parameter and one or more radio frequency (RF) link parameters associated with a link between the electronic device and a cellular base station at a first point in time. The technique also includes computing a first estimate for a signal condition associated with the link based on the CE parameter and the one or more RF link parameters. The technique further includes determining that the signal condition is not adequate based on the first estimate and delaying transmission of one or more messages from the electronic device over the link until a second point in time that is later than the first point in time.

124. 发明专利

CA3124201A1 OPTIMIZED PARENT AND PATH SELECTION FOR BATTERY POWERED DEVICES WITHIN A WIRELESS NETWORK 未知
公开(公告)号：CA3124201A1
公开(公告)日：2022-01-15
申请号：CA3124201
申请日：2021-07-07
申请人： ITRON INC
发明人： BARNES KEITH WAYNE , UHLING THOMAS , OSTERLOH CHRISTOPHER LLOYD
IPC分类号： H04W40/24 , H04W4/38 , H04W52/00
摘要： A wireless network includes nodes configured to implement an improved parent and path selection process to efficiently and reliably manage energy consumption of a battery powered device node. When a given node selects a path, the node transmits requests to multiple potential parent nodes. Each potential parent node transmits a metric that is indicative of the remaining battery life of the nodes in the path that includes the respective potential parent node. The given node then selects a parent node, and corresponding path, based on the metrics. More specifically, the given node selects a path, where at least one node on the selected path is less likely to prematurely exhaust the remaining battery life of the node, relative to the nodes in the other potential paths. As a result, the given node selects a path that optimizes battery consumption of the various battery powered nodes in the wireless network.

125. 发明专利

CA2960977C METHODS AND APPARATUS TO LOCATE UTILITY METER ENDPOINTS OF INTEREST 未知
公开(公告)号：CA2960977C
公开(公告)日：2021-12-14
申请号：CA2960977
申请日：2015-09-04
申请人： ITRON INC
发明人： CORNWALL MARK , LAUGHTON ASA JAY
IPC分类号： G01S5/00 , G01C21/36 , G01D4/02
摘要： Methods and apparatus are disclosed to determine the location of endpoints of interest. An example method involves in response to detecting a transmission from the endpoint, determining whether the endpoint is an endpoint of interest. If the endpoint is the endpoint of interest, the example method involves sending a first command to the endpoint to increase a transmission rate of the endpoint, determining an estimated location of the endpoint using signal strengths of subsequent transmissions from the endpoint, and enabling the transmission rate of the endpoint to decrease.

126. 发明专利

CA3010070C GAS LEAK DETECTION AND LOCATION DETERMINATION 未知
公开(公告)号：CA3010070C
公开(公告)日：2021-12-07
申请号：CA3010070
申请日：2016-12-19
申请人： ITRON INC
发明人： CORNWALL MARK K
IPC分类号： G01D21/00 , G01M3/00
摘要： A method of gas detection includes receiving, by a data collection device, reports of detected concentrations of a particular gas from one or more gas sensing devices having one or more associated gas sensors, receiving an alarm from a gas sensing device indicating a detected concentration greater than a predetermined threshold, and receiving concentration updates from the alarming device at a rate faster than that provided by its predetermined reporting schedule. The method may further include sending a command to one or more gas sensing devices nearby the alarming device to send concentration updates. The method may further include determining a location of a gas leak by triangulating the received updates from the alarming device and the nearby devices based on their locations and/or creating and displaying a gas concentration map based on the received updates from the alarming device and the nearby devices and their locations.

127. 发明专利

AU2019403054A1 Server-assisted routing in network communications 未知
公开(公告)号：AU2019403054A1
公开(公告)日：2021-07-15
申请号：AU2019403054
申请日：2019-12-16
申请人： ITRON INC
发明人： WOODLAND BERNARD M
IPC分类号： H04L45/42 , H04W40/28 , H04L45/24 , H04W28/02 , H04W40/24
摘要： A network node device and method of determining a communication route to one or more other network nodes through a network. The method includes sending current routing information to a network management server (NMS), and receiving new or supplemental routing information from the NMS, this supplemental routing information determined by the NMS based on the current routing information of the network node and of the one or more other network nodes. The supplemental routing information may include lateral route information identifying designated routing nodes that form lateral band(s) of nodes that span the network, each lateral band including gate node(s) as entrances/exits to the lateral band. The method may further include determining, based on the supplemental routing information, a route to one or more of the other network nodes. A lateral band may facilitate a route through a chokepoint or other abnormal topological layout.

128. 发明专利

AU2019402071A1 Battery life extension via changes in message size 未知
公开(公告)号：AU2019402071A1
公开(公告)日：2021-07-08
申请号：AU2019402071
申请日：2019-12-13
申请人： ITRON INC
发明人： KANN JAMES LEE , CORNWALL MARK K , CLEVENGER PETER
IPC分类号： H04Q9/00
摘要： Disclosed are techniques to conserve battery of an endpoint device. Example techniques include adjusting the size of messages transmitted by an endpoint device and/or adjusting the transmission rate of an endpoint device. In some configurations, the one or more criteria are used by an endpoint device to determine what data fields to include within a message and/or adjust a transmission rate associated with the transmission of messages by the endpoint device. For instance, the one or more criteria may include the battery level of the device, the time of year, whether the data has already been transmitted by the endpoint device, whether the data has been acknowledged as received by another device, whether the endpoint device has been instructed by another device to reduce the message size and/or adjust the transmission rate, and the like.

129. 发明专利

CA3103667A1 LOCAL AUTHENTICATION OF COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE 未知
公开(公告)号：CA3103667A1
公开(公告)日：2021-06-30
申请号：CA3103667
申请日：2020-12-21
申请人： ITRON INC
发明人： WOODLAND BERNARD M , BROWN SCOTT D
IPC分类号： H04L9/32 , H04L12/28 , H04W12/08
摘要： ABSTRACT A device and method for locally authenticating an accessor device to access an operable device. The method comprises receiving reservation information at a validation device from an access granting device, the reservation information identifying one or more accessor devices as having permission to utilize the operable device, where the operable device is local to (e.g., within a predetermined proximity) of the validation device. The method further comprises receiving a request from an accessor device requesting permission to utilize the operable device, the request including an identifier of the requesting accessor device, validating the request based on the reservation information and the identifier, and when validation is successful, granting to the requesting accessor device permission to utilize the operable device. The method may further include receiving an instruction from the access granting device to revoke such permission from the requesting accessor device, and revoking such permission from the requesting accessor device. Date Recue/Date Received 2020-1 2-2 1

130. 发明专利

SG11202103446WA BATTERY POWER MANAGEMENT FOR A CELLULAR DEVICE 未知
公开(公告)号：SG11202103446WA
公开(公告)日：2021-05-28
申请号：SG11202103446W
申请日：2019-10-04
申请人： ITRON INC
发明人： DUSENBERRY ROBERT
IPC分类号： H04W52/02 , H04W4/70
摘要： Techniques for operating cellular internet of things (IoT) devices under a public cellular carrier are disclosed. During an active connection, the cellular IoT device's radio-controlling application can collect radio metrics by tapping into the diagnostics interface of IoT device's cellular modem to collect data regarding accumulative signal strength, block/bit error rate, and/or round-trip latency for the session, etc. During the active connection, battery and environmental information as well as application-based information can be collected and sent to a remote computing device. In an example, the cellular IoT device can be given revised or refined values for use in timers, which may be used by the device to more efficiently use idle and/or power-save modes to reduce battery power consumption. Moreover, the use of the timers may be extended to devices distinct from the cellular modem, thereby increasing the utility of the timers and the functionality of the IoT device.

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