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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2023
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/542 (2013.01); H04B 2203/5433 (2013.01); H04B 2203/5466 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments include methods of powerline communications using a preamble with band extension is provided. A method may include receiving a packet data unit PDU. Bit-level repetition is applied to at least a portion of the PDU to create a repeated portion. Interleaving is performed per a subchannel. Pilot tones are inserted in the interleaved portion. Each data tone is modulated with respect to a nearest one of the inserted pilot tones. The PDU is transmitted over a power line.