Powerline communication network system having device that performs a joining process
US9615315B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 2, 2016 |
| Grant date | Apr 4, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 2, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B2203/5433
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed embodiments include a system having one or more member devices coupled to a network and a power line communication (PLC) device. The PLC device is configured to identify available bootstrapping agents that correspond to the one or more member devices, each available bootstrapping agent having a corresponding personal area network (PAN) identifier, identify a target network having a PAN identifier to join, select a target bootstrapping agent from available bootstrapping agents associated with the target PAN identifier to use for a join process with the target network, attempt to join the target network using the target bootstrapping agent, and when the attempt to join is successful, transmit and receive PLC signals over at least one power line associated with the target network using a particular frequency band and a modulation scheme.
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