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Apparatus and method for receiving and transporting real time energy data

  • US 9,082,294 B2
  • Filed: 09/14/2012
  • Issued: 07/14/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for receiving and transporting real time resource usage data, the apparatus comprising:

  • a plurality of narrowband receivers, deployed geographically within a grid, wherein each of said plurality of narrowband receivers is configured to receive transmissions from a least one of a plurality of transmitting devices, and wherein each of said plurality of transmitting devices transmits identical data on each of a plurality of frequency bands that are hopped according to a hopping sequence, and wherein said hopping sequence is initially unknown to said plurality of narrowband receivers; and

    a controller, coupled to said plurality of narrowband receivers, configured to control said plurality of narrowband receivers such that said each of said plurality of transmitting devices is identified, and configured to control said plurality of narrowband receivers such that corresponding data from said each of said transmitting devices is received on at least one of said plurality of frequency bands, wherein said controller determines an identification for said each of said plurality of transmitting devices by initially setting all of said plurality of said receivers to the same one of said plurality of frequency bands and receiving identification data from those of said plurality of transmitting devices that transmit on said same one of said plurality of frequency bands.

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