Patent ID: 7251570

Claim:
A system for monitoring energy data, the energy data representative of the energy from at least a point of an energy distribution system, the system comprising: a wireless mesh network that provides multiple links including wireless links to an energy management station; a first radio frequency (“RF”) device operative to monitor energy at least at one point of the energy distribution system, construct energy data representative of at least a portion of the monitored energy, construct a communication packet containing the energy data, and transmit the communication packet on the wireless mesh network; a second RF device coupled to the first RF device over the wireless mesh network with a wireless link, the second RF device operative to receive the communication packet and retransmit the communication packet over the wireless mesh network wherein the wireless link between the first RF device and the second RF device comprises a data link; and, a data integrity function, including validation and estimation of the energy data, coupled with at least one of the first and second RF devices, and operative to monitor data integrity of the energy data, wherein the energy management station receives the energy data transmitted by the first RF device.