Patent ID: 9253024
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A system in closed loop communications, comprising: a) a first set of a plurality of hardware communication channels, each hardware communication channel comprising a hardware platform; b) a plurality of nodes, each node being addressable and each node comprising an energy storage device and a first set of a plurality of communication interface devices configured to communicate through at least two hardware communication channels which are different from said first set of a plurality of hardware communication channels; c) a central monitor, comprising a second set of a plurality of communication interface devices configured to communicate through said at least two different hardware communication channels, monitoring communications of said nodes over said first set of hardware communication channels and rerouting communication between said nodes due to failure of at least one node or of a hardware communication channel; wherein said nodes and said central monitor form a closed loop communication system; and d) a power grid and wherein said central monitor and said nodes control energy distribution through said power grid and through said energy storage devices;