Joining process in a powerline communication (PLC) network
US9819393B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 7, 2017 |
| Grant date | Nov 14, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 7, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B2203/5433
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a disclosed embodiment, a power line communication (PLC) device sends an active channel scan request from a host layer to an adaptation layer. In response to the adaptation layer receiving the request, a MAC layer is instructed to broadcast a beacon request frame. The PLC device receives from each of one or more neighboring devices that respond to the beacon request frame a beacon frame including an address and a personal area network (PAN) identifier. A listing of PAN identifiers indicated by the beacon frames is provided to the host layer. The host layer selects a target network corresponding to a selected PAN identifier and selects one of the one or more neighboring devices associated with the selected PAN identifier as a target bootstrapping agent. The host layer instructs the adaptation layer to join the target network using the target bootstrapping agent.
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