Patent ID: 9591525
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-readable instructions therein that, when executed by one or more processors, perform acts comprising: receiving, at a utility metering device, an instruction to leave a current network to which the utility metering device is currently connected; in response to receiving the instruction, determining whether one or more other networks exist that the utility metering device is capable of joining; responsive to determining that one or more other networks exist that the utility metering device is capable of joining, selecting a network from the one or more other networks and sending a request to join the selected network; and responsive to determining that the utility metering device is incapable of joining any other network, sending, by the utility metering device, a response to the current network indicating that the utility metering device is unable to leave the current network.