公开(公告)号：US11146966B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-12

申请号：US13921004

申请日：2013-06-18

申请人： SILVER SPRINGS NETWORKS, INC.

发明人： Cristina Seibert ,  John Notor ,  George H. Flammer, III

IPC分类号： H04W16/14 ,  H04L27/00

摘要： Nodes within a network are configured to communicate with one another on one or more television white space (TVWS) frequencies that may be subject to interference caused by nearby TV towers. In order to mitigate that interference, the nodes may be configured to communicate according to specific operating parameters. The operating parameters may be generated based on expected interference levels caused by the nearby TV towers or QOS metrics associated with available channels. The nodes may also update a private database to reflect the expected interference levels or measured QOS metrics for different channels.

公开(公告)号：US09807733B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-31

申请号：US13738489

申请日：2013-01-10

申请人： SILVER SPRINGS NETWORKS, INC.

发明人： George H. Flammer, III

IPC分类号： H04W4/00 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04B1/713 ,  H04W72/02

CPC分类号： H04W72/04 ,  H04B1/0003 ,  H04B1/713 ,  H04W72/02

摘要： One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a wireless communications system configured to efficiently operate within an arbitrarily and uniquely defined set of channels. Each one of the set of channels has an assigned digital radio transceiver instance configured to operate according to transmission requirements that are unique to the corresponding channel. A set of digital radio transceiver instances comprises a meta-transceiver, which enables communications to one or more other devices via one or more digital radio transceiver instances.

公开(公告)号：US20140269546A1

公开(公告)日：2014-09-18

申请号：US14061679

申请日：2013-10-23

申请人： SILVER SPRINGS NETWORKS, INC.

发明人： Benjamin A. ROLFE ,  Kunal Pankaj SHAH ,  Jay RAMASASTRY ,  Cristina SEIBERT

IPC分类号： H04W48/16 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/08

摘要： An access point coupled to a node within a network is configured to combine channel maps provided by other access points to which the node is coupled, thereby reconciling any discrepancies between those channel maps. The access point may also combine channel maps associated with different regions that the node may occupy, thereby reducing the number of channel maps that must be transmitted to the node when the node travel between regions.

摘要翻译： 耦合到网络中的节点的接入点被配置为组合由节点耦合到的其他接入点提供的信道映射，从而协调这些信道映射之间的任何差异。 接入点还可以组合与节点可能占据的不同区域相关联的信道映射，从而减少当节点在区域之间行进时必须传送到节点的信道映射的数量。

公开(公告)号：US20140085105A1

公开(公告)日：2014-03-27

申请号：US13624205

申请日：2012-09-21

申请人： Silver Springs Networks, Inc.

发明人： Raj Vaswani ,  Jana van Greunen ,  William E. San Filippo, III ,  Sterling Hughes ,  George Flammer, III

IPC分类号： G08C19/00

CPC分类号： G01D4/02 ,  Y04S20/36

摘要： Systems and methods for identifying and targeting power outages are provided. Electric meters of a system receive electric power from power distribution equipment in a power distribution network and information that identifies the respective power distribution equipment from which the meters receive electric power. Communication nodes are associated with electric meters and receive, from neighboring communication nodes, information identifying each respective neighboring communication node and the information identifying the power distribution equipment from which respective electric meters, associated with neighboring communication nodes, receive electric power. A communication node of a particular electric meter can select a suitable communication node of a neighboring electric meter with which it can communicate. When the particular electric meter experiences a loss in power, it can then transmit an immediate regarding the loss in power to the selected communication node.

摘要翻译： 提供了识别和定向停电的系统和方法。 系统的电表从配电网络中的配电设备接收电力，并且识别出仪表接收电力的相应配电设备的信息。 通信节点与电表相关联，并且从相邻通信节点接收标识每个相应的相邻通信节点的信息和识别与相邻通信节点相关联的各个电表接收电力的配电设备的信息。 特定电表的通信节点可以选择与其可以通信的相邻电表的合适的通信节点。 当特定的电表经历功率损耗时，其然后可以将关于电力损失的立即传送到所选择的通信节点。

公开(公告)号：US10743242B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-11

申请号：US14061679

申请日：2013-10-23

申请人： SILVER SPRINGS NETWORKS, INC.

发明人： Benjamin A. Rolfe ,  Kunal Pankaj Shah ,  Jay Ramasastry ,  Cristina Seibert

IPC分类号： H04W48/16 ,  H04W8/00 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W16/14

摘要： An access point coupled to a node within a network is configured to combine channel maps provided by other access points to which the node is coupled, thereby reconciling any discrepancies between those channel maps. The access point may also combine channel maps associated with different regions that the node may occupy, thereby reducing the number of channel maps that must be transmitted to the node when the node travel between regions.

公开(公告)号：US08873518B2

公开(公告)日：2014-10-28

申请号：US13625754

申请日：2012-09-24

申请人： Silver Springs Networks, Inc.

发明人： Jana Van Greunen ,  Sterling Hughes ,  Peter Hunt ,  William E. San Filippo, III

IPC分类号： H04J3/00

CPC分类号： H04W72/04 ,  H04W40/02 ,  H04W84/18

摘要： A node within a wireless mesh network is configured to forward a high-priority message to adjacent nodes in the wireless mesh network by either (i) transmitting the message during successive timeslots to the largest subset of nodes capable of receiving transmissions during each timeslot, or (ii) transmitting the message on each different channel during the timeslot when the largest subset of nodes are capable of receiving transmissions on each of those channels.

摘要翻译： 无线网状网络内的节点被配置为通过（i）在连续时隙期间将消息发送到能够在每个时隙期间接收传输的最大节点子集，将高优先级消息转发到无线网状网络中的相邻节点，或 （ii）当节点的最大子集能够在这些信道中的每一个上接收传输时，在时隙期间在每个不同信道上发送消息。

公开(公告)号：US20130188574A1

公开(公告)日：2013-07-25

申请号：US13738489

申请日：2013-01-10

申请人： SILVER SPRINGS NETWORKS, INC.

发明人： George H. Flammer, III

IPC分类号： H04W72/04

CPC分类号： H04W72/04 ,  H04B1/0003 ,  H04B1/713 ,  H04W72/02

摘要： One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a wireless communications system configured to efficiently operate within an arbitrarily and uniquely defined set of channels. Each one of the set of channels has an assigned digital radio transceiver instance configured to operate according to transmission requirements that are unique to the corresponding channel. A set of digital radio transceiver instances comprises a meta-transceiver, which enables communications to one or more other devices via one or more digital radio transceiver instances.

摘要翻译： 本发明的一个实施例阐述了配置成在任意且唯一定义的信道集合内有效地操作的无线通信系统。 该组信道中的每一个具有分配的数字无线电收发器实例，其配置为根据对应信道唯一的传输要求进行操作。 一组数字无线电收发机实例包括元收发器，其能够经由一个或多个数字无线电收发器实例与一个或多个其他设备进行通信。

公开(公告)号：US20140369270A1

公开(公告)日：2014-12-18

申请号：US13921004

申请日：2013-06-18

申请人： SILVER SPRINGS NETWORKS, INC.

发明人： Cristina SEIBERT ,  John NOTOR ,  George H. FLAMMER, III

IPC分类号： H04L5/00

CPC分类号： H04W16/14 ,  H04L27/0006

摘要： Nodes within a network are configured to communicate with one another on one or more television white space (TVWS) frequencies that may be subject to interference caused by nearby TV towers. In order to mitigate that interference, the nodes may be configured to communicate according to specific operating parameters. The operating parameters may be generated based on expected interference levels caused by the nearby TV towers or QOS metrics associated with available channels. The nodes may also update a private database to reflect the expected interference levels or measured QOS metrics for different channels.

摘要翻译： 网络中的节点被配置为在可能受到附近电视塔引起的干扰的一个或多个电视空白（TVWS）频率上彼此通信。 为了减轻干扰，可以将节点配置为根据具体的操作参数进行通信。 可以基于由附近的电视塔或与可用频道相关联的QOS度量引起的预期干扰电平来生成操作参数。 节点还可以更新私有数据库以反映不同信道的预期干扰电平或测量QOS度量。

公开(公告)号：US20140269647A1

公开(公告)日：2014-09-18

申请号：US13828437

申请日：2013-03-14

申请人： SILVER SPRINGS NETWORKS, INC.

发明人： Brian MATSUO ,  Peter HUNT ,  Jana Van GREUNEN

IPC分类号： H04W80/00

CPC分类号： H04L47/40 ,  H04L47/14 ,  H04W80/00

摘要： A wireless mesh network is configured to implement a latency-sensitive communication protocol in order to facilitate data communications between devices coupled to that network and configured to communicate with one another based on that protocol. Specifically, a node within the wireless mesh network receives a continuous stream of data that includes an N-bit sequence from an upstream device coupled to the wireless mesh network. The node transmits the N-bit sequence to a downstream node within the wireless mesh network. The downstream node re-creates the continuous stream of bits based on the received N-bit sequence, and then transmits the re-created continuous stream of bits to another device coupled to the wireless mesh network. By operating in conjunction with one another, the nodes within the wireless mesh network facilitate communication between the devices coupled to wireless mesh network according to the latency-sensitive communication protocol.

摘要翻译： 无线网状网络被配置为实现延迟敏感的通信协议，以便于耦合到该网络并且被配置为基于该协议彼此通信的设备之间的数据通信。 具体地，无线网状网络内的节点接收包括来自耦合到无线网状网络的上游设备的N位序列的连续数据流。 节点将N比特序列发送到无线网状网络内的下游节点。 下游节点基于接收到的N位序列重新创建连续的比特流，然后将重新创建的连续的比特流发送到耦合到无线网状网络的另一个设备。 通过相互操作，无线网状网络内的节点根据等待时间敏感的通信协议促进耦合到无线网状网络的设备之间的通信。

公开(公告)号：US20140067330A1

公开(公告)日：2014-03-06

申请号：US13747132

申请日：2013-01-22

申请人： SILVER SPRINGS NETWORKS, INC.

发明人： George H. Flammer, III

IPC分类号： G08C17/02 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： G08C17/02 ,  G06F3/00 ,  H04Q9/00 ,  H04Q2209/60

摘要： One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a dual mode smart grid meter configured to operate within both an automatic meter reading (AMR) system and an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system. An AMR transmitter periodically transmits metrology data for interoperation with AMR reading operations. An AMI transceiver responds to AMI queries and commands for interoperation with AMI requirements. The disclosed dual mode smart grid meter beneficially enables utility operators to deploy or upgrade metering devices within an existing AMR network without disruption meter reading operations, while simultaneously preparing for an overall upgrade to reading operations based on AMI protocols.

摘要翻译： 本发明的一个实施例阐述了配置成在自动抄表（AMR）系统和高级测量基础设施（AMI）系统中操作的双模式智能电网计量表。 AMR发射机周期性地发送用于与AMR读取操作进行互操作的计量数据。 AMI收发器响应AMI查询和与AMI需求互操作的命令。 所公开的双模式智能电网电表有利地使公用事业运营商能够部署或升级现有AMR网络内的计量设备，而不会中断抄表操作，同时准备全面升级到基于AMI协议的读取操作。