Patent ID: 11917519
Assignee: POWERCAST CORPORATION
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a wireless sensor configured to be operatively coupled to a network gateway device that is configured to receive at least one of a first data packet or a second data packet from the wireless sensor,
the wireless sensor configured to send the first data packet at a first time on a first frequency,
the wireless sensor configured to send the second data packet at a second time on a second frequency different from the first frequency, the second time being after the first time and without delay between an end of the first time and a start of the second time, the second data packet including a payload corresponding to a payload of the first data packet,
the wireless sensor configured to send the first data packet and the second data packet independent of an instruction from the network gateway device, and
the wireless sensor including an energy harvester and a power storage component, the wireless sensor configured to operate based on a combination of energy including (1) a first amount of energy that is provided by the energy harvester and that changes over time, and (2) a second amount of energy that is provided by the power storage component and that changes over time based at least in part on the first amount.