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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2011
Shu Du, Richardson, TX (US);
Susan Yim, Plano, TX (US);
Xiaolin LU, Plano, TX (US);
David M. Wilson, Missouri City, TX (US);
Shu Du, Richardson, TX (US);
Susan Yim, Plano, TX (US);
Xiaolin Lu, Plano, TX (US);
David M. Wilson, Missouri City, TX (US);
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method for reducing transmission collisions. In one embodiment, a transmitter for communicating of a smart grid power line network includes an arbiter. The arbiter is configured to select a transmission interval during which the transmitter can transmit. The interval is selected from a plurality of available transmission intervals reserved for contending transmissions, and selected based on a level of a hierarchical network at which the transmitter is located. The interval selected is different from any interval used by a different transmitter spaced two hierarchical levels away from the level of the hierarchical network at which the transmitter is located.