公开(公告)号：US20240007926A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-04

申请号：US18469020

申请日：2023-09-18

Applicant: ITRON, INC.

Inventor： Bruce EDWARDS ,  Kunal Pankaj SHAH

IPC: H04W40/10 ,  H04W40/12 ,  H02S40/30 ,  H04B7/155 ,  H04L47/24

CPC classification number: H04W40/10 ,  H04W40/12 ,  H02S40/30 ,  H04B7/155 ,  H04L47/24

Abstract: 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.

公开(公告)号：US20220078694A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-10

申请号：US17528120

申请日：2021-11-16

Applicant: ITRON, INC.

Inventor： Bruce EDWARDS ,  Kunal Pankaj SHAH

IPC: H04W40/10 ,  H04W40/12 ,  H02S40/30 ,  H04B7/155 ,  H04L12/851

Abstract: A method performed by a first node includes determining a routing metric for individual nodes in a set of nodes, receiving a network packet from a second node, selecting a third node in the set of nodes based on the routing metrics, and transmitting the network packet to the third node. The routing metric for a respective one of the set of nodes being based on at least one of a power storage status of the respective one of the set of nodes or a solar power generation status of the respective one of the set of nodes.

公开(公告)号：US20210298019A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-23

申请号：US17135478

申请日：2020-12-28

Applicant: ITRON, INC.

Inventor： Kunal Pankaj SHAH

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04W84/18

Abstract: Various embodiments disclose a computer-implemented method for transmitting data between node devices in a mesh network comprising acquiring, by a first node device within the mesh network that supports a set of channel plans, a channel mask that specifies a set of channels that are available for a channel plan within an operating region associated with the mesh network, determining, based on the channel mask, a set of available channels supported by the first node device, selecting, from the set of available channels, at least one channel as a first preferred channel for data transmissions between the first node device and a second node device included in the mesh network, and configuring, based on the first preferred channel, a communication link between the first node device and the second node device.