US 11,991,622 B2
Battery-powered stationary measuring device for measuring or detecting a value at a utility installation
Anders Koed Kjær, Skanderborg (DK); Shekib Habbassy, Skanderborg (DK); and Jens Hørdum, Skanderborg (DK)
Assigned to KAMSTRUP A/S, Skanderborg (DK)
Filed by Kamstrup A/S, Skanderborg (DK)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/540,032.
Claims priority of application No. 20211775 (EP), filed on Dec. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0182924 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/18 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 48/16 (2013.01) [H04W 52/0229 (2013.01); H04W 76/18 (2018.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery-powered stationary measuring device for measuring or detecting a value at a utility installation, the measuring device comprising an LPWAN connection module configured to establish a wireless communication connection to a Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) for communicating data to a head-end-system (HES) via the LPWAN, wherein the LPWAN connection module is configured to:
attempt to successfully establish a connection to the LPWAN by selectively conducting one of a group comprising: an extended LPWAN search and a limited LPWAN search;
veto the extended LPWAN search as long as a savings threshold for a total number or amount of power budget savings has not been reached;
increase the total number or amount of power budget savings for each unsuccessful limited LPWAN search; and
allow the extended LPWAN search when a total number or amount of power budget savings has reached the savings threshold, wherein the total number or total amount of power budget savings is reduced with each conducted extended LPWAN search.