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Modular wireless fixed network for wide-area metering data collection and meter module apparatus

  • US 7,884,737 B2
  • Filed: 03/13/2006
  • Issued: 02/08/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of encoding interval consumption values transmitted by a meter module in a metering data collection system, comprising:

  • collecting consumption values at selected intervals by a processor;

    compressing the collected consumption values using a logarithmic table encoder to reduce the number of bits required to transmit the consumption values collected at the selected intervals over a period of time; and

    specifying one of a plurality of logarithmic encoding tables to compress the collected consumption values, based on an expected consumption pattern at the meter module.

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