Qualcomm Atheros Inc.

Panasonic Corporation

Stmicroelectronics Gmbh

Spidcom Technologies

Gigle Networks Iberia, S.l.

Hisilicontechnologies Ltd.

Arkados, Inc.

Gigle Semiconductor Limited

Paul Dixon

Lawrence W Yonge, Iii

Srinivas Katar

Hisao Koga

Oleg Logvinov

Nobutaka Kodama

Akio Kurobe

Stefano Galli

William E Earnshaw

Jose Abad Molina

Olivier Isson

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.

Managing coexistence on a shared power line medium

Communication systems that use different physical layer (PHY) protocols can coexist on a communication medium (e.g., a powerline medium) by using an Inter-PHY Protocol (IPP). The different protocols may use different signal modulation schemes but still may have some features in common. The IPP includes a resource sharing mechanism that regulates access to the communication medium by devices functioning as communication devices (for example, devices communicating over a power line). A subset of devices that communicate among each other form a logical network that shares the medium with other logical networks that use either the same PHY protocol or a different PHY protocol.

Managing coexistence among signaling protocols on a shared medium

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