Device and method for facilitating secure communications over a cellular network
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for receiving utility-related data over a network comprising:
- receiving at a head end device, a User Datagram protocol (UDP) bulk message comprising one or more UDP messages in a digital envelope, where each of the one or more UDP messages includes utility-related data, wherein utility-related data includes one or more of utility meter reading data, utility meter alarm data and firmware upgrade status data;
validating the digital envelope;
sorting the UDP messages; and
transmitting a second UDP message comprising an acknowledgement of receipt for each of the received UDP messages, wherein each of the one or more received UDP messages comprises in a first part of the UDP message, a reason code for facilitating the sorting of the one or more UDP message into one of multiple predetermined storage buckets, and in a second part of the one or more UDP message, the utility-related data.
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Abstract
A process for communicating utility-related data over at least one network is described. the process includes: collecting utility-related data at a hub device during a first predetermined period of time; securing the utility-related data at the hub device using digital envelopes during the first predetermined period of time; initiating by the hub device an autonomous wake up process during a second predetermined period of time; sending the secure utility-related data over a first network to a designated server via at least one User Datagram protocol (“UDP”) message during the second predetermined period of time; and receiving an acknowledgement of receipt message of the at least one UDP message from the designated server; wherein the first and second predetermined periods of time typically do not overlap, but may overlap.
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5 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for receiving utility-related data over a network comprising:
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receiving at a head end device, a User Datagram protocol (UDP) bulk message comprising one or more UDP messages in a digital envelope, where each of the one or more UDP messages includes utility-related data, wherein utility-related data includes one or more of utility meter reading data, utility meter alarm data and firmware upgrade status data; validating the digital envelope;
sorting the UDP messages; andtransmitting a second UDP message comprising an acknowledgement of receipt for each of the received UDP messages, wherein each of the one or more received UDP messages comprises in a first part of the UDP message, a reason code for facilitating the sorting of the one or more UDP message into one of multiple predetermined storage buckets, and in a second part of the one or more UDP message, the utility-related data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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