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Communication packet conversion

  • US 8,902,901 B2
  • Filed: 04/18/2012
  • Issued: 12/02/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. One or more devices comprising:

  • a processing unit configured to perform acts including;

    receiving a plurality of communication packets from one or more first nodes, at least one of the plurality of communication packets being received at a first data rate, each communication packet of the plurality of communication packets comprising control data and payload data, the control data for controlling sending and/or receiving of the payload data, the payload data comprising electricity consumption data, water consumption data, and/or natural gas consumption data, wherein the receiving the plurality of communication packets includes receiving the plurality of communication packets from multiple different nodes over one or more wireless connections;

    extracting the payload data from each communication packet of the plurality of communication packets;

    storing each extracted payload data of the plurality of communication packets for a time period;

    determining that a second data rate supported by the one or more devices and one or more second nodes is greater than or equal to the first data rate;

    concatenating each extracted payload data of the plurality of communication packets at least partly in response to the determining; and

    sending the concatenated payload data to the one or more second nodes in a single communication packet at the second data rate that is greater than or equal to the first data rate.

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