Distributing overall control of mesh AMR LAN networks to WAN interconnected collectors
First Claim
1. A method for self-installing and registering a device with a host system, comprising:
- pre-configuring said device with a host address and a device address;
registering with said host and providing said host with said device address;
updating a mapping table to include said device address; and
providing said device address to other devices in communication with said host system.
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Abstract
Collectors within a wireless metering network that control a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) of nodes. The collectors typically interact over a WAN with a head-end system, which has network management and control of all collector LANs. Control is distributed from the head-end system down to the data collectors by using TCP/IP data networks to interconnect the data collectors. The data collectors are interconnected on high bandwidth TCP/IP networks and can establish peer-to-peer communications and participate in the overall network control. The data collectors coordinate information about the mesh LAN-connected nodes with one another in a peer-to-peer manner to distribute overall network control to establish peer-to-peer registration of data collectors during self installations, and optimize overall self-healing and adaptive reconfiguration capabilities of the network when nodes migrate such that data collection processes can proceed without interruption.
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1. A method for self-installing and registering a device with a host system, comprising:
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pre-configuring said device with a host address and a device address;
registering with said host and providing said host with said device address;
updating a mapping table to include said device address; and
providing said device address to other devices in communication with said host system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of coordinating the migration of a node across a network, comprising:
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updating a mapping table to include an identifier of said node after said node has migrated from a first communication device to a second communication device;
using an address of said first communication device to determine information about said node;
leaving a forwarding address of said second communication device at said first communication device;
updating said node with an address of said second communication device; and
notifying a host system that said node has migrated. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of coordinating the migration of a metering node across a wireless metering reading network, comprising:
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updating a mapping table in a second collector to include an identifier of said metering node after said metering node has migrated from a first collector to said second collector;
leaving a forwarding address of said second collector at said first collector;
updating said metering node with an address of said second collector; and
notifying a host system that said metering node has migrated. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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