Claims:1. An apparatus comprising:
a future location frequency processor to determine a geographic region associated with a future location of a device; and
a transmitter to transmit a low power mode interval to the device based on the future location of the device.
, Description:FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE
[0002] This disclosure relates generally to communications, and, more particularly, to methods and apparatus to control usage of frequency bands for wireless communications.

BACKGROUND
[0003] Devices are often used to track the condition of assets during transport. For example, the devices include sensors to monitor the conditions associated with the assets and/or products in a shipment, such as a temperature, a humidity, etc. The devices can communicate the conditions to a gateway over unlicensed wireless sub-gigahertz (sub-GHz) frequency bands. The gateway is then able to use Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, satellite, and/or other forms of wireless communication to relay the information from the devices to other systems that are not within the shipment for further analysis.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0004] FIG. 1 is an illustration of an example gateway and example devices associated with an example transporter traveling from an initial location to a destination.
[0005] FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the example gateway of FIG. 1.
[0006] FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an example geographic frequency band processor of the example gateway of FIGS. 1 and/or 2.
[0007] FIG. 4 is a block diagram of one of the example devices of FIG. 1.
[0008] FIG. 5 illustrates example future locations of the example devices of FIGS. 1 and/or 4 determined by the example gateway of FIGS. 1, 2, and/or 3 in accordance with teachings disclosed herein.
[0009] FIG. 6 is a flowchart representative of computer readable instructions which may be executed to implement the example gateway 104 of FIGS. 1, 2, 3, and/or 5.
[0010] FIG. 7 is a flowchart representative of computer readable instructions which may be executed to implement an example geographic frequency band processor of the example gateway of FIGS. 1, 2, 3, and/or 5.
[0011] FIG. 8 is a flowchart representative of second example computer readable instructions which may be executed to implement the example geographic frequency band processor of the example gateway of FIGS. 1, 2, 3, and/or 5.
[0012] FIG. 9 is a flowchart representative of machine readable instructions which may be executed to implement the example devices of FIGS. 1, 4, and/or 5.
[0013] FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a first example processing platform structured to execute the instructions of FIGS. 6 and/or 7 to implement the example gateway of FIGS. 1, 2, 3, and/or 5.
[0014] FIG. 11 is a second block diagram of a second example processing platform structured to execute the instructions of FIG. 8 to implement the example edge device(s) of FIGS. 1, 4, and/or 5.
[0015] FIG. 12 is a block diagram of an example software distribution platform to distribute software (e.g., software corresponding to the example computer readable instructions of FIGS. 6, 7, 8, and/or 9) to client devices such as the example gateway of FIGS. 1, 2, 3, and/or 5, the example devices of FIGS. 1, 4, and/or 5, consumers (e.g., for license, sale and/or use), retailers (e.g., for sale, re-sale, license, and/or sub-license), and/or original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) (e.g., for inclusion in products to be distributed to, for example, retailers and/or to direct buy customers).
[0016] The figures are not to scale. Instead, regions may be enlarged in the drawings. Although the figures show different components separated by clean lines and boundaries, some or all of these lines and/or boundaries may be idealized. In reality, the boundaries and/or lines may be unobservable, blended, and/or irregular. In general, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawing(s) and accompanying written description to refer to the same or like parts.
[0017] Unless specifically stated otherwise, descriptors such as “first,” “second,” “third,” etc. are used herein without imputing or otherwise indicating any meaning of priority, physical order, arrangement in a list, and/or ordering in any way, but are merely used as labels and/or arbitrary names to distinguish elements for ease of understanding the disclosed examples. In some examples, the descriptor “first” may be used to refer to an element in the detailed description, while the same element may be referred to in a claim with a different descriptor such as “second” or “third.” In such instances, it should be understood that such descriptors are used merely for identifying those elements distinctly that might, for example, otherwise share a same name. As used herein in the context of describing a bearing and/or heading of an object, the term “substantial bearing” encompasses the bearing of the object and more broadly encompasses a bearing no more than 15 degrees (15°) offset from the bearing of the object. For example, the substantial bearing of an object is any bearing no more than +/- 15 degrees (15°) from a current bearing and/or heading of the object.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0018] Logistics and asset management applications utilize sensing devices (e.g., condition monitoring sensor edge devices) to track the condition of assets and relay information over unlicensed wireless sub-GHz frequency bands to a gateway. For example, a ship and/or a train (e.g., a transporter) may include devices in one or more freights to track information associated with assets (e.g., a temperature, a humidity, etc.) therein. Further, the devices can communicate with the gateway aboard the ship and/or train via unlicensed wireless sub-GHz frequency band communication protocols (e.g., sub-GHz mesh networking, Low Power Wide Area Networking (LPWAN)), which have a longer range and a lower power consumption than other communication protocols, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, satellite, cellular, etc. In turn, the gateway can record the information associated with the assets in a blockchain accessible by external systems. As such, the external systems can analyze the information to determine an action to be performed, which may include preparations associated with the arrival of the assets at an associated destination.