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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2010
Filed:
May. 31, 2006
Deepak V. Ayyagari, Vancouver, WA (US);
Wai-chung Chan, Vancouver, WA (US);
Sherman L. Gavette, Camas, WA (US);
Lawrence W. Yonge, Iii, Ocala, FL (US);
Yiorgos Peponides, San Diego, CA (US);
Neal Riedel, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Deepak V. Ayyagari, Vancouver, WA (US);
Wai-Chung Chan, Vancouver, WA (US);
Sherman L. Gavette, Camas, WA (US);
Lawrence W. Yonge, III, Ocala, FL (US);
Yiorgos Peponides, San Diego, CA (US);
Neal Riedel, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc., Camas, WA (US);
Abstract
The embodiments of the present invention provide a mechanism to synchronize centralized networks. Each centralized network includes a central coordinator controlling and managing network activities. The embodiments provide a way of allocating beacon slots, such that one of the beacon slots is synchronized to the alternating current line cycle and thus functions as a master timing sequence. In some embodiments, methods, devices, and systems are provided for detecting transmissions of non-coordinating networks.