Dynamic medium switch in co-located PLC and RF networks

US9184779B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

• Yanjun Sun · Beijing, CN
• Gang Xu · Beijing, CN
• Soon-Hyeok Choi · Cupertino, US
• Bhadra Sandeep · Dallas, US
• Xiaolin Lu · Plano, US
• Ariton E. Xhafa · Plano, US
• Minghua Fu · Plano, US
• Robert Liang · Frisco, US
• Susan Yim · Plano, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 19, 2012
• Grant date: Nov 10, 2015
• Expiry date: Jul 8, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04B2203/5495
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic communication device comprises a first transceiver capable of a bi-directional communication session on a first communication medium; a second transceiver capable of a bi-directional communication session on a second communication medium; and a control logic coupled to the first transceiver and the second transceiver and capable of implementing a convergence layer, wherein the control logic is configured to receive, from the first transceiver, a first signal; and cause, in response to the first signal, data received and transmitted by the first transceiver on the first communication medium as part of a communication session to be received and transmitted instead by the second transceiver on the second communication medium.