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Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 28, 2015
Applicant:

Maxlinear, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);

Inventors:

Timothy Gallagher, Encinitas, CA (US);

Glenn DeLucio, San Diego, CA (US);

Curtis Ling, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Assignee:

MaxLinear, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04L 12/861 (2013.01); H04L 12/10 (2006.01); H04N 21/443 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3296 (2013.01); G06F 1/3234 (2013.01); H04L 12/10 (2013.01); H04L 49/90 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/4436 (2013.01);
Abstract

A first device of a multimedia over coax alliance (MoCA) network may grant a second device of the MoCA network permission to enter a power-saving state. While the second device is in the power-saving mode, the first device may grant bandwidth to the second device during one or more predetermined timeslots. The bandwidth may be granted without a corresponding reservation request from the second device. While the second device is in the power-saving state, it may track time utilizing a clock that is synchronized to the system time of the MoCA network, and transmit during one or more of the predetermined timeslots without first transmitting a corresponding reservation request. The second device may utilize a first modulation profile when not operating in the power-saving state, and utilize a second modulation profile when operating in the power-saving state.


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