US 11,812,374 B2
Time-multiplexing of multiple listening schedules and physical layer modes in a mesh network
Fabrice Monier, Bry sur Marne (FR); Jerome Bartier, Edinburgh (GB); Yacine Khaled, Meudon (FR); Imad Jamil, Beynes (FR); Khalid Maallem, Meudon (FR); and Samuel De Vals, Louveciennes (FR)
Assigned to ITRON, INC., Liberty Lake, WA (US)
Filed by ITRON, INC., Liberty Lake, WA (US)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/527,051.
Prior Publication US 2023/0156582 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04W 48/00 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/7143 (2011.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04B 1/7183 (2011.01)
CPC H04W 48/17 (2013.01) [H04B 1/7143 (2013.01); H04B 1/7183 (2013.01); H04L 5/0005 (2013.01); H04W 48/10 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
attempting to detect, with a first transceiver associated with a first node, a network discovery signal from a second node, wherein the attempting is performed according to (a) a first listening schedule associated with a first physical layer mode and (b) a second listening schedule associated with a second physical layer mode;
detecting, with the first transceiver, the network discovery signal during a slot associated with the first listening schedule; and
in response to detecting the network discovery signal, establishing, with the first node, a connection between the first node and the second node using the first physical layer mode.