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Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 20, 2012
Applicants:

Lawrence W. Yonge, Iii, Gainesville, FL (US);

Srinivas Katar, Gainesville, FL (US);

William E. Earnshaw, Ocala, FL (US);

Stefano Galli, Morristown, NJ (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, Bour la Reine, FR;

Inventors:

Lawrence W. Yonge, III, Gainesville, FL (US);

Srinivas Katar, Gainesville, FL (US);

William E. Earnshaw, Ocala, FL (US);

Stefano Galli, Morristown, NJ (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, Bour la Reine, FR;

Assignees:

Qualcomm Atheros, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

HisiliconTechnologies Ltd., Plano, TX (US);

Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;

Spidcom Technologies, Bourg la Reine, FR;

STMicroelectronics, Inc., Coppell, TX (US);

Gigle Networks Iberia, S.L., Barcelona, ES;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/43 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Within a domain of a master device, devices that share a power line as a communications medium monitor signal detection windows to sense network status. The devices transmit sensed network status to the master device. The master device allocates channel resources based on the network statuses communicated by the devices within the domain.


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