BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS ON AN ELECTRICAL SECONDARY NETWORKED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for communicating on a secondary networked distribution system, comprising:
- receiving, by a first edge node control device (ENCD) via an off-grid communications interface, a message, the first ENCD communicatively coupled to the secondary networked distribution system, the secondary networked distribution system providing electricity to a plurality of consuming endpoints; and
in response to receiving the message, retransmitting, by the first ENCD on the secondary networked distribution system, the message to a plurality of internal node control devices communicatively coupled to the secondary networked distribution system at a plurality of locations.
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Abstract
Mechanisms for bi-directional communications on an electrical secondary networked distribution system are disclosed. A first edge node control device (ENCD) receives, via an off-grid communications interface, a message. The first ENCD is communicatively coupled to the secondary networked distribution system, and the secondary networked distribution system provides electricity to a plurality of consuming endpoints. The method further includes retransmitting, in response to receipt of the message, by the first ENCD on the secondary networked distribution system, the message to a plurality of internal node control devices communicatively coupled to the secondary networked distribution system at a plurality of locations.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for communicating on a secondary networked distribution system, comprising:
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receiving, by a first edge node control device (ENCD) via an off-grid communications interface, a message, the first ENCD communicatively coupled to the secondary networked distribution system, the secondary networked distribution system providing electricity to a plurality of consuming endpoints; and in response to receiving the message, retransmitting, by the first ENCD on the secondary networked distribution system, the message to a plurality of internal node control devices communicatively coupled to the secondary networked distribution system at a plurality of locations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for communicating on a secondary networked distribution system, comprising:
an edge node control device comprising; an on-grid communications interface configured to be communicatively coupled to the secondary networked distribution system, the secondary networked distribution system configured to provide electricity to a plurality of consuming endpoints; an off-grid communications interface configured to communicate via an off-grid communications technology; and a first processing device communicatively coupled to the on-grid communications interface and the off-grid communications interface, and configured to; receive, via the off-grid communications interface, a message; and in response to receiving the message, retransmit on the secondary networked distribution system the message to a plurality of internal node control devices communicatively coupled to the secondary networked distribution system at a plurality of locations. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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