Inventors:
Vance P. Spillman - Bristol RI, US
Craig H. Rosenquist - Scituate MA, US
James G. Hall - Plymouth MA, US
Daniel C. Walker - Hanover MA, US
Assignee:
Sunrise Technologies, Inc. - Rayham MA
International Classification:
G08B 1/08
US Classification:
3405391, 34053917, 34053918, 34053922, 3405453, 340507, 340508, 4554041, 455557
Abstract:
A communication system that provides communication of information between an end user device and a remote end user. The system includes a communication node mounted on the upper part of a utility pole, and drawing its power from the utility pole through a standard NEMA Locking 3 Pole Receptacle, and adapted to communicate with a nearby user device using the low-power communication protocol, such as the ZigBee protocol (ANSI IEEE 802. 15. 4) or Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) technology, and also adapted to communicate with a neighborhood mesh network of nodes mounted on utility poles. The neighborhood mesh network is capable of communicating, through a regional computer network, with the remote end user.