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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2014
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Xiaolin Lu, Plano, TX (US);
Robert Liang, Frisco, TX (US);
Mehul Soman, Dallas, TX (US);
Kumaran Vijayasankar, Dallas, TX (US);
Ramanuja Vedantham, Allen, TX (US);
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A communication system and method includes receiving payload data of first and second media access control (MAC) frames. A MAC-level protocol is identified in response to the indication of the selected network for each of the first and second MAC frames. The payload data of the first and second MAC frames is transmitted and/or received across respective networks transmitted using, for example, power line communications signals over a common communications medium. The common communications medium is operable for carrying signals of a plurality of networks.