Flexible scheduling of resources in a noisy environment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8553706
APP PUB NO 20070058732A1
SERIAL NO

11492506

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There is provided a powerline network that includes a number of stations including a central coordinator for coordinating transmissions of each of the stations. The central coordinator is configurable to transmit a beacon at an interval based on a phase of a powerline cycle. The interval of the beacon can be substantially equal to two periods of the powerline cycle. The interval of the beacon includes a reserved region including a persistent allocation region and a non-persistent allocation region. The beacon also includes a broadcast message including a persistent schedule and a non-persistent schedule. The persistent schedule is valid for a current beacon period and a number of subsequent beacon periods as indicated by the beacon, while the non-persistent schedule is valid for a single beacon period. The persistent allocation region and the non-persistent allocation region are determined based on the persistent schedule and the non-persistent schedule, respectively.

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  • ATHEROS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.;SHARP CORPORATION;SIGMA DESIGNS ISRAEL S.D.I. LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ayyagari, Deepak Vancouver, US 45 1425
Chan, Wai Chung Tony Vancouver, US 3 314
Gavette, Sherman L Camas, US 19 1228
Katar, Srinivas Gainesville, US 164 4405
Peponides, Yiorgos M Encinitas, US 4 324
Petranovich, James E La Jolla, US 48 1874
Riedel, Neal Carlsbad, US 11 580
Yonge, Lawrence W Ocala, US 7 451

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