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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2022
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Michael Rentschler, Baden-Wuerttemberg, DE;
Martin Miller, Baden-Wuerrttemburg, DE;
Thorben Link, Baden-Wuerttemberg, DE;
Venkat Iyer, Austin, TX (US);
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Abstract
Various examples relate to a wired local area network (WLAN) including a shared transmission medium. An apparatus includes a beacon counter and an operational mode controller. The beacon counter is operably coupled to a line of a shared transmission medium of a wired local area network. The beacon counter is to count beacon signals on the line and determine a beacon count over a predetermined time period, or a beacon rate of the beacon signals. The operational mode controller is to control the apparatus to take over operation as a master node of the wired local area network based, at least in part, on a maximum bus cycle length of bus cycles on the line and responsive to the beacon count or the beacon rate.