Patent ID: 8248267
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: G01D,H04W,Y02B,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A system for improving reception of data by a collection system in a frequency-hopping spread spectrum environment, comprising: an endpoint device operable over a preselected set of transmission channels, the endpoint device comprising a frequency-hopping table having a subset of the preselected set of transmission channels and a transmission element that transmits data over the subset of preselected set of transmission channels; a collection system capable of monitoring the preselected set of transmission channels, receiving and storing meter data transmitted by the endpoint device, and measuring channel quality data for each channel of the preselected set of transmission channels contemporaneously with receiving the meter data from the endpoint device; and a host computing system capable of receiving and storing the meter data and the measured channel quality data, analyzing a sample of the channel quality data, generating a reprogramming command if it is determined by the analysis that reception of data at the collection system can be improved, and transmitting the generated command to the endpoint device.