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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2015
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Anand Krishnamachari, San Jose, CA (US);
Manjunath Anandarama Krishnam, San Jose, CA (US);
Syed Adil Hussain, Cupertino, CA (US);
Purva Rameshchandra Rajkotia, Orlando, FL (US);
Hassan Kaywan Afkhami, San Jose, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A network device may include a plug that couples with a socket to couple the network device to a PLC network. A position of the plug may be interchanged when the plug is coupled with the socket. In one example, the network device may determine a coupling orientation of the plug that indicates the position of the plug with respect to the socket. The plug includes a first plug terminal, a second plug terminal, a first ground plug terminal, and a second ground plug terminal. The network device may select a signal polarity for the plug based, at least in part, on the coupling orientation. The signal polarity indicates over which of the plug terminals data is to be transmitted for communication over the PLC network.