Power outage notification

摘要

Determining the scope of power outage includes receiving a message indicating power outage from a device, and probing other devices associated with the device sending the message. The message indicating power outage may include a power outage code, and may be received via a control channel of a communication network. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.

主权项

1. A method for detecting power outage, the method comprising:
receiving a message from a device, the message indicating loss of power by the device; determining a feeder associated with the device; evaluating messages received from a first plurality of devices connected to the feeder; probing a second plurality of devices connected to the feeder, wherein a message indicating power loss has not been received from any device in the second plurality of devices; pausing for a predetermined period of time, prior to the probing, to allow for restoration of communications; and determining a power outage of the device.