Patent ID: 8819279

Claim:
A wireless local area network system, comprising: a plurality of nodes that are part of a wireless local area network, each of the nodes being configured to transmit information on a metered commodity; a plurality of access points in communication with at least one of the nodes in the wireless local area network, the access points being in communication with a wide area network and each respectively constituting an interface between the wide area network and the wireless local area network; and at least one back office system in communication with the wide area network, and configured to communicate with at least one of the plurality of nodes via at least one of the access points, wherein at least one of the nodes is configured to: discover at least two of the access points constituting an interface between the wide area network and the wireless local area network; register with the discovered access points; obtain at least two unique network addresses each respectively associated with a corresponding one of the at least two access points with which the at least one of the nodes has registered; and provide the at least two unique network addresses to the back office server to provide the back office server with at least two routes to reach the at least one of the nodes, and wherein the at least two routes are respectively associated with a corresponding one of the at least two access points.