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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2006
Neal Riedel, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Yiorgos M. Peponides, Encinitas, CA (US);
James E. Petranovich, La Jolla, CA (US);
Lawrence W. Yonge, Ocala, FL (US);
Srinivas Katar, Gainesville, FL (US);
Deepak Ayyagari, Vancouver, WA (US);
Sherman L. Gavette, Camas, WA (US);
Wai Chung Tony Chan, Vancouver, WA (US);
Neal Riedel, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Yiorgos M. Peponides, Encinitas, CA (US);
James E. Petranovich, La Jolla, CA (US);
Lawrence W. Yonge, Ocala, FL (US);
Srinivas Katar, Gainesville, FL (US);
Deepak Ayyagari, Vancouver, WA (US);
Sherman L. Gavette, Camas, WA (US);
Wai Chung Tony Chan, Vancouver, WA (US);
CopperGate Communications Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Abstract
There is provided a powerline network that includes a number of stations including a central coordinator for coordinating transmissions of each of the stations. The central coordinator is configurable to transmit a beacon at an interval based on a phase of a powerline cycle. The interval of the beacon can be substantially equal to two periods of the powerline cycle. The interval of the beacon includes a reserved region including a persistent allocation region and a non-persistent allocation region. The beacon also includes a broadcast message including a persistent schedule and a non-persistent schedule. The persistent schedule is valid for a current beacon period and a number of subsequent beacon periods as indicated by the beacon, while the non-persistent schedule is valid for a single beacon period. The persistent allocation region and the non-persistent allocation region are determined based on the persistent schedule and the non-persistent schedule, respectively.