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Powerline network bridging congestion control

US8149703B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 26, 2002
Grant dateApr 3, 2012
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Expiry dateApr 1, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L47/43
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a powerline network, a power line node device coupled to a host bridge application detects a “jam packet” in response to an attempt to pass a frame to the host bridge application. The powerline node device uses internal logic to override a conventional ARQ response to this and subsequent frames, in particular, when such frames are of the type for which a response is expected, with an automatic FAIL response for a predetermined time interval.

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