Patent ID: 11924879
Assignee: ITRON, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A network device comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory storing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors causes the network device to perform operations comprising:
while in a first mode, beginning a carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) session, wherein the CSMA/CA session is associated with transmission of data to a second network device, the second network device neighboring the network device in a mesh network, wherein the first mode is a unicast mode or a broadcast mode;
wherein beginning the CSMA/CA session comprises determining whether a channel associated with a first channel schedule of the second network device is available for transmitting the data, wherein the first channel schedule is associated with the first mode and is different from a second channel schedule of the second network device associated with a second mode, wherein the second mode is the other of the unicast mode or the broadcast mode.