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Managing coexistence on a shared power line medium

US8913629B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 20, 2012
Grant dateDec 16, 2014
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Expiry dateSep 20, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B3/54
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Within a domain of a master device, devices that share a power line as a communications medium monitor signal detection windows to sense network status. The devices transmit sensed network status to the master device. The master device allocates channel resources based on the network statuses communicated by the devices within the domain.

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