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ITRON INC
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Processing gain for wireless communication, such as in automatic data collection systems for public utility data collection
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Frequency hopping spread spectrum system with high sensitivity tracking and synchronization for frequency unstable signals
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Wide area communications network for remote data generating stations
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Tracking vibrations in a pipeline network
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Radio communication network for collecting data from utility meters
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Wide area communications network for remote data generating stations
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Discovery phase in a frequency hopping network
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Real time clock distribution and recovery
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Use of minimal propagation delay path to optimize a mesh network
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Crystal drift compensation in a mesh network
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System and method for oscillator self-calibration using AC line frequency
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Time-of-use and demand metering in conditions of power outage with a mobile node
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Distributed supervisory control and data acquisition system
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Method and system for reading intelligent utility meters
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Communications protocol for remote data generating stations
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Downlink routing mechanism
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Apparatus for electronically measuring electrical energy
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Electronic revenue meter with automatic service sensing
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Embedded antenna apparatus for utility metering applications
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Apparatus for electronically measuring or distributing electrical energy
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Data communication protocol in an automatic meter reading system
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Applications for a low cost receiver in an automatic meter reading system
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Mobile utility data collection system with voice technology, such as for data collection relating to an electric, gas, or water utility
ITRON INC98 citations94
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Data communication protocol in an automatic meter reading system
ITRON INC51 citations94
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Method and apparatus for collecting and displaying consumption data from a meter reading system
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Electronic revenue meter with automatic service sensing
ITRON INC42 citations94
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Utility endpoint communication scheme, such as for sequencing the order of meter reading communications for electric, gas, and water utility meters.
ITRON INC61 citations94
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Web bridged energy management system and method
ITRON INC427 citations94
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Method of RF-based communication
ITRON INC54 citations94
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Time-of-use and demand metering in conditions of power outage
ITRON INC60 citations94
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RF communications system utilizing digital modulation to transmit and receive data
ITRON INC54 citations93
US7089125B2Aug 8, 2006
Distributed asset optimization (DAO) system and method
ITRON INC139 citations93
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Linear power control loop
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Solid state watt-hour meter using GMR sensor
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Beacon requests and RS bit resolving circular routes
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Traffic load control in a mesh network
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RF meter reading system
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Cell isolation through quasi-orthogonal sequences in a frequency hopping network
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Tracking vibrations in a pipeline network
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Broadcast acknowledgement in a network
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Number of sons management in a cell network
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Frequency hopping spread spectrum system with high sensitivity tracking and synchronization for frequency unstable signals
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Integrated meter module and utility metering system
ITRON INC86 citations92
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Spread spectrum meter reading system utilizing low-speed/high-power frequency hopping
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System and method for automatic meter reading with mobile configuration
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System and method for energy usage curtailment
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Method and system for calibrating an oscillator circuit using a network based time reference
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