Itron had 13 patents in cybersecurity during Q2 2024. Itron Inc’s patents in Q2 2024 focus on communication techniques such as traffic shaping on adaptive modulation and coding data links, forced forward addressing in mesh networks, secure challenge-response protocols in metrology devices, and using communication metric data to calculate link quality across multiple modulation schemes. These patents aim to improve network efficiency, security, and reliability in various communication systems. GlobalData’s report on Itron gives a 360-degree view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Itron had no grants in cybersecurity as a theme in Q2 2024.
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Application: Statically-configured internet protocol (IP) network traffic shaping for adaptative modulation and coding data links (Patent ID: US20240214316A1)
The patent filed by Itron Inc. describes a method for traffic shaping on an adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) data link. The method involves fetching data from a neighbor routing table stored on a network interface card (NIC) to determine the modulation and physical layer data transmission rate associated with a specific MAC address. Based on this information, a maximum achievable goodput is identified, and the operating system's traffic shaping implementation is reconfigured accordingly. The method also includes detecting changes in modulation and adapting the shaping rate of the traffic shaping configuration agent in response to these changes.
Furthermore, the patent outlines a system and device that can perform the traffic shaping method described. The device includes a processor and non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions for executing the traffic shaping operations. It fetches data from the neighbor routing table, identifies the maximum achievable goodput, reconfigures the OS traffic shaping implementation, detects changes in modulation, and adjusts the shaping rate accordingly. Additionally, the patent mentions the use of a hardcoded modulation to maximum achievable goodput table and the ability to define the maximum achievable goodput based on a user-configured percentage value. Overall, the patent details a comprehensive approach to optimizing traffic shaping on an AMC data link.
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