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Powerline network flood control restriction

  • US 7,120,847 B2
  • Filed: 06/26/2002
  • Issued: 10/10/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a network of nodes, each node having a transmitter and a receiver, a method of operating a transmitter in a node comprises:

  • transmitting, in at least one transmission attempt, a frame over a shared channel to a receiver in another node, the frame being of the type for which a response is expected;

    determining if no response is received from the receiver;

    discarding the frame; and

    discarding any subsequent frames destined for the receiver without any transmission attempt for a predetermined time interval.

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