Enabling co-existence among power line communication (PLC) technologies

摘要

Systems and methods for enabling co-existence among power line communications (PLC) technologies are described. In some embodiments, a method performed by a PLC device, such as a PLC gateway, may include detecting a communication from foreign PLC device on a PLC network in response to a foreign preamble received by the PLC device, terminating transmissions to the PLC network for a network-specific co-existence Extended Interframe Space (cEIFS) time period in response to the foreign preamble, and resuming transmissions to the PLC network after expiration of the network-specific time period.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
performing, by a power line communication (PLC) device,
detecting a co-existence preamble on a PLC network having at least one native PLC device and at least one foreign PLC device;not receiving a native preamble;terminating transmissions to the PLC network for a network-specific time period; andresuming transmissions to the PLC network after expiration of the network-specific time period.