TRANSPORT LAYER AND MODEL FOR AN ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE (AMI) NETWORK

• US 20090135851A1
• Filed: 11/21/2008
• Published: 05/28/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Trilliant Networks Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Trilliant Networks Incorporated
• Inventors: Veillette, Michel
• Application Number:
  US12/275,305
• Publication Number:
  US 20090135851A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/469
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 4/004 Remote reading of utility meters to a fixed location
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/04 Interdomain routing, e.g. hierarchical routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/28 using route fault recovery
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/34 Source routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/48 Routing tree calculation
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/66 Traffic distributors
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/22 using selective relaying for reaching a BTS [Base Transceiver Station] or an access point
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 90/20 Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/30 Smart metering, e.g. specially adapted for remote reading

Abstract

Mesh networks, network devices, and computer program products for implementing a transport layer. The transport layer is operable to provide connection oriented transport layer services to at least one of an application layer, a presentation layer, and a session layer. The transport layer header flags essentially consist of: SYN, ACK, PSH, and RST.

Claims

1. A network device comprising:

a computer program product for implementing a transport layer, the computer program product comprising;

a computer readable medium,

a transport layer module residing on the medium, operable to provide connection oriented transport layer services to at least one of an application layer, a presentation layer, and a session layer; and

wherein the transport layer header flags essentially consist of;

SYN, ACK, PSH, and RST.

2. The network device of claim 1, wherein a connection is terminated only by the network device sending or receiving a message with the RST flag set, or by a timeout.

3. The network device of claim 1, wherein data can be transferred in a message from a receiving node containing the first set ACK flag of a connection.

4. The network device of claim 1, wherein sequence numbers are assigned only at the packet level.

5. The network device of claim 1, wherein the packet level is the minimum level of data segmentation.

6. The network device of claim 1, wherein a transport layer implemented by the transport layer module directly interfaces with a data link layer without the presence of a separate network layer.

7. A computer program product for implementing a transport layer, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable medium,

a transport layer module residing on the medium, operable to provide connection oriented transport layer services to at least one of an application layer, a presentation layer, and a session layer; and

wherein the transport layer header flags essentially consist of;

SYN, ACK, PSH, and RST.

8. The network device of claim 7, wherein a connection is terminated only by the network device sending or receiving a message with the RST flag set, or by a timeout.

9. The network device of claim 7, wherein data can be transferred in a message from a receiving node containing the first set ACK flag of a connection.

10. The network device of claim 7, wherein sequence numbers are assigned only at the packet level.

11. The network device of claim 7, wherein the packet level is the minimum level of data segmentation.

12. The network device of claim 7, wherein a transport layer implemented by the transport layer module directly interfaces with a data link layer without the presence of a separate network layer.

13. A mesh network node comprising:

at least one network device, the at least one network device comprising;

a computer program product for implementing a transport layer, the computer program product comprising;

a computer readable medium,

a transport layer module residing on the medium, operable to provide connection oriented transport layer services to at least one of an application layer, a presentation layer, and a session layer; and

wherein the transport layer header flags essentially consist of;

SYN, ACK, PSH, and RST.

14. The mesh network of claim 13, wherein a connection is terminated only by the network device sending or receiving a message with the RST flag set, or by a timeout.

15. The mesh network of claim 13, wherein data can be transferred in a message from a receiving node containing the first set ACK flag of a connection.

16. The mesh network of claim 13, wherein sequence numbers are assigned only at the packet level.

17. The mesh network of claim 13, wherein the packet level is the minimum level of data segmentation.

18. The mesh network of claim 13, wherein a transport layer implemented by the transport layer module directly interfaces with a data link layer without the presence of a separate network layer.