Patent ID: 11882599
Assignee: ITRON, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
detecting, by a first node in a network, a first scheduling conflict between a first transmission time associated with a first periodic beacon from the first node and a first listening window associated with receiving a second periodic beacon from a second node in the network;
determining, by the first node, a first alternate transmission time for the second node to transmit the second periodic beacon based on a second transmission time of the second periodic beacon by the second node and a position of the second node in the network;
calculating, by the first node, a second listening window to receive the second periodic beacon from the second node at the first alternate transmission time; and
listening, by the first node, for the second periodic beacon during the second listening window.