A time-slotted channel hopping (“TSCH”) network can be defined by IEEE 802.15.4 and provide a communications network for resource providers (e.g., utility companies, home automation providers, industrial automation providers, or scientific and environmental application providers). A home area network may be used to communicate information between devices that consume resources (e.g., electricity) in a home or other premises and devices that monitor and/or manage the consumption of resources. Utility companies and other resource providers may use home area networks to monitor consumption of the resources by consumers.
Utility companies and resource providers may operate on a time synchronized network, while a home area network may operate on a separate network that is not synchronized to the time synchronized network. Devices on the home area network may be idle for periods of time and communicate with the utility companies and resource providers intermittently.