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Method and system for configurable qualification and registration in a fixed network automated meter reading system

  • US 20050239414A1
  • Filed: 04/26/2004
  • Published: 10/27/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of establishing a wireless communication network among a plurality of nodes, comprising the following steps performed at one of the plurality of nodes:

  • (a) identifying other nodes that are capable of communicating with said one node, the other nodes defining a subset of said plurality of nodes;

    (b) for each node in the subset, determining whether two-way communications between that node and said one node satisfy a qualification threshold, and if so, identifying that node as one for which two-way communications with said one node can be performed;

    (c) storing information about each of the nodes identified in step (b), said identified nodes comprising a level of said wireless communication network; and

    (d) adjusting the qualification threshold and repeating steps (a) through (c) using the adjusted qualification threshold.

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