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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2008
Bradley Thomas Hyslop, La Jolla, CA (US);
Robert L. Hare, Jr., San Diego, CA (US);
Inderjit Singh, Ocean Beach, CA (US);
Shlomo Ovadia, San Diego, CA (US);
Ronald Lee, San Diego, CA (US);
Bradley Thomas Hyslop, La Jolla, CA (US);
Robert L. Hare, Jr., San Diego, CA (US);
Inderjit Singh, Ocean Beach, CA (US);
Shlomo Ovadia, San Diego, CA (US);
Ronald Lee, San Diego, CA (US);
Entropic Communications, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A communications system and method comprises the steps of performing at least one Layer 2 transaction comprising a plurality of wave cycles, each Layer 2 transaction including performing a first wave cycle, concatenating the received first responses from each of the one or more nodes, and performing a second wave cycle. The first wave cycle includes broadcasting a first request from a network coordinator to a plurality of nodes connected to a coordinated network, and receiving a first response from one or more of the nodes indicating that the nodes have opted to participate in a next subsequent wave cycle. The second wave cycle includes transmitting a subsequent request from the network coordinator to each of the one or more nodes based upon the concatenated first responses.