SLOTTED MESSAGE ACCESS PROTOCOL FOR POWERLINE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
First Claim
1. A method for network device registration, the method comprising:
- determining, at a first network device of a communication network, to register a second network device in the communication network;
determining, at the first network device, a location of the second network device in the communication network based, at least in part, on a first message received from the second network device; and
determining first registration information for the second network device based, at least in part, on the location of the second network device.
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Abstract
A slotted message access protocol can be implemented for transmitting messages in a communication network. A beacon period may be divided into multiple communication slots. A master device may register a client device and provide registration information to allow the client device to operate in the communication network. The registration information may be determined based, at least in part, on a location of the client device in the communication network. As part of the registration information, contention-free communication slots may be assigned for use by the client device. Contention-based communication slots may also be assigned to a group of client devices. Messages may also be segmented depending on whether the message is transmitted in a contention-free or a contention-based communication slot. Furthermore, a relay device may be designated to retransmit a message (received from an original transmitting device) during a communication slot assigned to the original transmitting device.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for network device registration, the method comprising:
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determining, at a first network device of a communication network, to register a second network device in the communication network; determining, at the first network device, a location of the second network device in the communication network based, at least in part, on a first message received from the second network device; and determining first registration information for the second network device based, at least in part, on the location of the second network device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A first network device comprising:
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a processor; and a memory to store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the first network device to; determine to register a second network device in a communication network; determine a location of the second network device in the communication network based, at least in part, on a first message received from the second network device; and determine registration information for the second network device based, at least in part, on the location of the second network device in the communication network. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having machine executable instructions stored therein, the machine executable instructions comprising instructions to:
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determine, at a first network device of a communication network, to register a second network device in the communication network; determine, at the first network device, a location of the second network device in the communication network based, at least in part, on a first message received from the second network device; and determine registration information for the second network device based, at least in part, on the location of the second network device in the communication network. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. A method for network device registration, the method comprising:
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determining, by a first network device of a communication network, to register a second network device in the communication network based, at least part, on receiving a registration request from the second network device; allocating, by the first network device, a temporary identifier and a first communication slot to the second network device to register the second network device, wherein the first communication slot is one of a plurality of communication slots of a beacon period; receiving a registration message from the second network device during the first communication slot, the registration message including the temporary identifier associated with the second network device; and determining registration information associated with the second ne work device based, at least in part, on the registration message. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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