Abstract: A power line communication system including a plurality of intelligent devices in communication with a power line and operable to monitor energy usage at a site and communicate usage data onto the power line, and a controller also in communication with the power line, wherein each intelligent device maintains a routing table identifying a first set of other intelligent devices downstream of it relative to the controller that it can communicate with directly and identifying a second set of other intelligent devices downstream of it relative to the controller that it can communicate with through one or more of the first set of other intelligent devices.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 22, 2013
Publication date:
May 30, 2013
Applicant:
PULSE UTILITIES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Inventors:
Stephen Allen Abbot, John Richard Futter, James Lee Allworthy Martin, Gerard Brendan Rowe, Rand Cary Huso
Abstract: A power line communication system including a plurality of intelligent devices in communication with a power line and operable to monitor energy usage at a site and communicate usage data onto the power line, and a controller also in communication with the power line, wherein each intelligent device maintains a routing table identifying a first set of other intelligent devices downstream of it relative to the controller that it can communicate with directly and identifying a second set of other intelligent devices downstream of it relative to the controller that it can communicate with through one or more of the first set of other intelligent devices.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 28, 2012
Publication date:
July 26, 2012
Applicant:
PULSE UTILITIES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Inventors:
Stephen Allen ABBOT, John Richard FUTTER, James Lee Allworthy MARTIN, Gerard Brendan ROWE, Rand Cary HUSO
Abstract: A power line communication system including a plurality of intelligent devices in communication with a power line and operable to monitor energy usage at a site and communicate usage data onto the power line, and a controller also in communication with the power line, wherein each intelligent device maintains a routing table identifying a first set of other intelligent devices downstream of it relative to the controller that it can communicate with directly and identifying a second set of other intelligent devices downstream of it relative to the controller that it can communicate with through one or more of the first set of other intelligent devices.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 2, 2009
Date of Patent:
May 1, 2012
Assignee:
Pulse Utilities International Limited
Inventors:
Stephen Allen Abbot, John Richard Futter, James Lee Allworthy Martin, Gerard Brendan Rowe, Rand Cary Huso