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Outage notification system

  • US 8,059,011 B2
  • Filed: 09/10/2007
  • Issued: 11/15/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Methodology for enabling outage notifications in an advanced metering system mesh network, comprising:

  • establishing a network including a central facility and a plurality of end devices, at least some of which end devices comprise metrology devices;

    configuring the network for bi-directional communications between the central facility and each of the plurality of end devices;

    causing an end device experiencing power outage conditions to stop listening to network communications and to transmit a power outage message to neighbor end devices; and

    configuring the plurality of end devices so that neighbor end devices listening to network communications forward such power outage message to the central facility over the network,whereby power outage data is reported to the central facility via the network using end devices listening to network communications, without requiring a direct communications link between the central facility and an end device experiencing power outage conditions.

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