Method and apparatus in a communications network
US-2015381236-A1 · Dec 31, 2015 · US
Beacon-enabled communications for variable payload transfers
US11368190B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-11368190-B2 |
| Application number | US-201213443123-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Apr 10, 2012 |
| Priority date | Apr 18, 2011 |
| Publication date | Jun 21, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jun 21, 2022 |
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Systems and methods for designing, using, and/or implementing beacon-enabled communications for variable payload transfers are described. In various embodiments, these systems and methods may be applicable to power line communications (PLC). For example, a method may include implementing a superframe having a plurality of beacon slots, a plurality of intermediate slots following the beacon slots, and a poll-based Contention Free Period (CFP) slot following the intermediate slots. Each of the beacon slots and each of the intermediate slots may correspond to a respective one of a plurality of frequency subbands, and the poll-based CFP slot may correspond to a combination of the plurality of frequency subbands. The method may also include receiving a poll request over a first of the plurality of frequency subbands during the poll-based CFP slot, and then transmitting a data packet over a second of the plurality of frequency subbands during the poll-based CFP slot.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A method comprising: transmitting, by a first power line communication (PLC) device, a first beacon frame in a first beacon slot in a first subband; transmitting, by the first PLC device, a second beacon frame in a second beacon slot in a second subband; communicating, by the first PLC device, in a first intermediate slot in the first subband to allocate a set of subbands for communicating with a second PLC device; communicating, by the first PLC…
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Electricity · mapped topic
Electricity · mapped topic
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Electricity · mapped topic
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- What does patent US11368190B2 cover?
- Systems and methods for designing, using, and/or implementing beacon-enabled communications for variable payload transfers are described. In various embodiments, these systems and methods may be applicable to power line communications (PLC). For example, a method may include implementing a superframe having a plurality of beacon slots, a plurality of intermediate slots following the beacon slot…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Vijayasankar Kumaran, Vedantham Ramanuja, Varadarajan Badri N, and 2 more
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification H04B3/544. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
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- Publication date Tue Jun 21 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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