摘要 |
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for communicating with a radio frequency (RF) device. An exemplary method includes: listening, by the collector node, during a listening period, for a hailing signal from a plurality of RF devices on a hailing channel, the hailing signal including identification of a specified data channel; in response to receiving the hailing signal from one of the plurality of RF devices, switching to the specified data channel and receiving data, by the collector node, on the specified data channel; collecting, by the collector node, during a collecting period, data from the plurality of RF devices; and receiving, by the collector node, the data from at least one of the plurality of RF devices, wherein the listening period and the collecting period occur at different times. |
申请人 |
MUELLER INTERNATIONAL, LLC |
发明人 |
ALI, HASSAN;BROWN, TIMOTHY J.;GRADY, ROBERT;SPLITZ, DAVID EDWIN;DUKES, BRENT |