[특허]Fixed network for an automatic utility meter reading system

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국가/구분	United States(US) Patent 등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)	G08C-015/06
출원번호	US-0691602 (2012-11-30)
등록번호	US-8786463 (2014-07-22)
발명자 / 주소	Brennan, Jim Hamilton, David Ali, Mohammed Cely, Joe Easterling, Quentin Bilodeau, John Poorbaugh, Ed Carter, Burt Kynard, Richard Wynn, Warren White, Dan Pettit, David
출원인 / 주소	Neptune Technology Group Inc.
대리인 / 주소	Sykes, Paul
인용정보	피인용 횟수 : 0 인용 특허 : 58

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A fixed network for automatically reading a utility meter system has been developed. The network includes multiple meter interface units (MIUs) that each collect data from a designated utility meter. The collected data is transmitted to a primary data collector. The network includes multiple data collectors and each MIU identifies its own primary data collector based on signal quality between the collector and the MIU. The network includes a central host computer that is used to receive the collected data from the primary data collectors.

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1. A method of communicating data for a utility meter reading system, comprising: transmitting wirelessly utility consumption data collected from a utility meter from a meter interface (MIU) over a communications network;listening at the MIU for an acknowledgment signal transmitted to said MIU in response to satisfactory receipt of the MIU's data;if no acknowledgment signal is received by said MIU, repeating said transmitting and listening steps up to a predetermined number of times until an acknowledgment signal is received by said MIU;if no acknowledgment signal is received by said MIU after said predetermined number of times, switching said MIU from a two-way communications mode to a one-way communications model; andmonitoring the communications mode of the MIU from a host system and if said MIU is in a one-way communications mode with a primary data collector, reassigning said MIU to a different data collector to allow said MIU to establish a two-way communications mode with the different collector. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein said MIU is in a one-way communications mode, and further comprising: listening at the MIU for an acknowledgment signal transmitted to said MIU in response to satisfactory receipt of the MIU's data;if an acknowledgment signal is received by said MIU, switching said MIU to a two-way communications mode. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein said acknowledgment signal comprises a time signal to allow the MIU to update an internal clock. 4. The method of claim 1 wherein said an acknowledgment signal is contained in a packet and said packet comprises a command to said MIU to perform an action. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein said command is selected from the group consisting of: a time signal, a communications schedule, a command to reduce signal power on the subsequent transmissions, and a configuration command. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein said command is a time signal and the MIU updates its internal clock in response to receiving said time signal. 7. The method of claim 4, wherein said command serves as said acknowledgment signal. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein said command is selected from the group consisting of: a time signal, a communications schedule, a command to reduce signal power on the subsequent transmissions, and a configuration command. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein said command is a time signal and the MIU updates its internal clock in response to receiving said time signal.

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