METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POWERLINE TO MESHED NETWORK FOR POWER METER INFRA-STRUCTURE
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1. A transparent networking system for energy management within a network, the system comprising:
- a single transparent meshed communication network comprising;
a first ZigBee network provided within a first spatial region, the first spatial region being within a confinement of a first thirty meter range;
a second ZigBee network provided within a second spatial region, the second spatial region being with a confinement of a second thirty meter range;
a powerline carrier configured between the first ZigBee network and the second ZigBee network to facility transfer of bi-directional information packet by packet between the first ZigBee network and the second ZigBee networks; and
an encryption configured in a powerline format for the bi-directional information, the powerline format being a 128 bit AES encryption to encapsulate the bi-directional information packet by packet;
each of the packets having a ZigBee CBKE intact; and
whereupon the 128 bit AES encapsulating each of the packets configuring the ZigBee CBKE intact.
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Abstract
A transparent networking system for meter infrastructure within a network. The system has a single transparent meshed communication network comprising a first ZigBee network provided within a first spatial region and a second ZigBee network provided within a second spatial region. The network has a powerline carrier configured between the first ZigBee network and the second ZigBee network to facility transfer of bi-directional information packet by packet between the first ZigBee network and the second ZigBee networks.
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21 Claims
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1. A transparent networking system for energy management within a network, the system comprising:
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a single transparent meshed communication network comprising; a first ZigBee network provided within a first spatial region, the first spatial region being within a confinement of a first thirty meter range; a second ZigBee network provided within a second spatial region, the second spatial region being with a confinement of a second thirty meter range; a powerline carrier configured between the first ZigBee network and the second ZigBee network to facility transfer of bi-directional information packet by packet between the first ZigBee network and the second ZigBee networks; and an encryption configured in a powerline format for the bi-directional information, the powerline format being a 128 bit AES encryption to encapsulate the bi-directional information packet by packet;
each of the packets having a ZigBee CBKE intact; andwhereupon the 128 bit AES encapsulating each of the packets configuring the ZigBee CBKE intact. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A transparent networking system for meter infrastructure within a network, the system comprising:
a single transparent meshed communication network comprising; a first ZigBee network provided within a first spatial region, the first spatial region being within a confinement of a first spatial meter range; a second ZigBee network provided within a second spatial region, the second spatial region being with a confinement of a second spatial meter range; a powerline carrier configured between the first ZigBee network and the second ZigBee network to facility transfer of bi-directional information packet by packet between the first ZigBee network and the second ZigBee networks.
- 11. The system of claim 11 wherein the first ZigBee network comprising a plurality of first ZigBee enabled devices and wherein the second ZigBee network comprising a plurality of second ZigBee enabled devices.
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19. A method for communicating within a single transparent meshed network comprising:
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initializing a first sniffer device in the first ZigBee network; initializing a second sniffer device in the second ZigBee network; initializing a first powerline driver; initializing a second powerline driver; scanning the first ZigBee network through a plurality of first channels using a first switching operation; selecting a first channel for the first ZigBee network by the first switching operation through the plurality of channels, the first channel being from the plurality of channels in the first ZigBee network; scanning the second ZigBee network through a plurality of second channels using a second switching operation; selecting a second channel for the second ZigBee network by the second switching operation through a plurality of channels, the second channel being from the plurality of channels in the second ZigBee network, the second channel being the same as the first channel; recording information from the first ZigBee network; recording information from the second ZigBee network; sniffing each of the first ZigBee network and the second Zigbee network; receiving a data packet from a first ZigBee enabled device within the first ZigBee network; checking the data packet to parse a header of the data packet to determine whether to forward the data packet by comparing a plurality of entries in an address table of the first ZigBee network; transferring the data packet from the first ZigBee network to the second ZigBee network using a powerline carrier through a PHY/MAC layer. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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