Patent ID: 11871345
Assignee: ITRON, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. The mains-powered device of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise one of:
assigning devices of the plurality of devices to event start-time offsets such that a variance of the distribution of numbers of devices associated with each of the plurality of event start-time offsets is under a threshold value;
assigning devices of the plurality of devices to event start-time offsets within the schedule such that a difference between a number of devices assigned to a third event start-time offset and a number of devices assigned to a fourth event start-time offset is within a threshold value, or
assigning devices of the plurality of devices to event start-time offsets within the schedule in a manner that results in each event start-time offset being associated with “n” number of devices or “n” plus 1 number of devices, wherein “n” is an integer that is zero or greater.