US 7,321,316 B2
Grouping mesh clusters
Martin A. Hancock, Victoria (Canada); Arthur B. Wynans, Victoria (Canada); Eric K. Haight, Victoria (Canada); Hugh T. Lindsay, East Sooke (Canada); Simon H. Lightbody, Victoria (Canada); Aaron J. Taylor, Brentwood Bay (Canada); and Scott M. Henneberry, Franklin, Tenn. (US)
Assigned to Power Measurement, Ltd., Saanichton (Canada)
Filed on May 04, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/122,411.
Application 11/122411 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/892837, filed on Jul. 16, 2004, granted, now 7,089,089.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/488700, filed on Jul. 18, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2006/0066455 A1, Mar. 30, 2006
Int. Cl. G08C 17/02 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 340—870.02  [370/335; 700/286] 42 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system of radio frequency (“RF”) devices that communicate energy data from an energy sensing device to an energy management station, the system comprising:
a first mesh cluster including a first RF device and an energy sensing device, wherein the energy sensing device collects energy data;
a second mesh cluster including a second RF device, wherein at least one of the first and second device is configured to shift between licensed and unlicensed frequency bands; and
a connection that groups the first mesh cluster with the second mesh cluster such that energy data collected by the energy device is transmitted from the first RF device to the second RF device over the connection using either the licensed or the unlicensed frequency bands.