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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2009
Lawrence W. Yonge, Iii, Ocala, FL (US);
Srinivas Katar, Gainesville, FL (US);
William E. Earnshaw, Ocala, FL (US);
Stefano Galli, New York, NY (US);
Akio Kurobe, Osaka, JP;
Hisao Koga, Fukuoka, JP;
Nobutaka Kodama, Fukuoka, JP;
Jose Abad Molina, Malaga, ES;
Oleg Logvinov, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Paul Dixon, Carrollton, TX (US);
Olivier Isson, Bourg la Reine, FR;
Lawrence W. Yonge, III, Ocala, FL (US);
Srinivas Katar, Gainesville, FL (US);
William E. Earnshaw, Ocala, FL (US);
Stefano Galli, New York, NY (US);
Akio Kurobe, Osaka, JP;
Hisao Koga, Fukuoka, JP;
Nobutaka Kodama, Fukuoka, JP;
Jose Abad Molina, Malaga, ES;
Oleg Logvinov, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Paul Dixon, Carrollton, TX (US);
Olivier Isson, Bourg la Reine, FR;
Qualcomm Atheros, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Communication systems that use different physical layer (PHY) protocols can coexist on a communication medium (e.g., a powerline medium) by using an Inter-PHY Protocol (IPP). The different protocols may use different signal modulation schemes but still may have some features in common. The IPP includes a resource sharing mechanism that regulates access to the communication medium by devices functioning as communication devices (for example, devices communicating over a power line). A subset of devices that communicate among each other form a logical network that shares the medium with other logical networks that use either the same PHY protocol or a different PHY protocol.