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Dynamic improvement of link symmetry in co-located PLC and RF networks

  • US 8,817,847 B2
  • Filed: 07/19/2012
  • Issued: 08/26/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic communication device comprising:

  • a first transceiver capable of a bi-directional communication session on a first communication medium;

    a second transceiver capable of a bi-directional communication session on a second communication medium; and

    a control logic coupled to the first transceiver and the second transceiver, wherein the control logic is configured toreceive, from the first transceiver, a first signal, andcause, in response to the first signal, data transmitted by the first transceiver on the first communication medium as part of a communication session to be transmitted instead by the second transceiver on the second communication medium while the first transceiver continues to receive data as part of the communication session,wherein the first communication medium and the second communication medium are one of a radio frequency link and a power line communication link.

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