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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2012
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Jin Zhang, Newark, CA (US);
Kok-Wui Cheong, Mountain View, CA (US);
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD., , BM;
Abstract
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with using a preamble with at least two polarity transitions to communicate over a power line channel are described. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a transmitter configured to transmit a communication signal on a communication channel for communicating with a remote device. The communication channel is a power line channel that carries electric power transmissions. The apparatus also includes a transmission logic configured to control the transmitter to generate at least two polarity transitions in a preamble of the communication signal.