Dynamic improvement of link symmetry in co-located PLC and RF networks
First Claim
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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Abstract
An electronic communication device comprises 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 to receive, from the first transceiver, a first signal, and cause, 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.
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23 Claims
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1. An electronic communication device comprising:
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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 to receive, from the first transceiver, a first signal, and cause, 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An electronic communication device comprising:
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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 to receive, from the first transceiver, a first signal, and cause, 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 signal is related to at least one of; throughput, signal to noise ratio, packet delivery ratio, packet data rate, packet delivery latency, energy per bit, expected transmission count, and number of probing packets received in a given time window.
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5. An electronic communication device comprising:
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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 to receive, from the first transceiver, a first signal, and cause, 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 the same.
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6. An electronic communication device comprising:
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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; a control logic coupled to the first transceiver and the second transceiver, wherein the control logic is configured to; receive, from the first transceiver, a first signal, cause, 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; and an extended acknowledgment timeout parameter.
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7. An electronic communication device comprising:
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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 to; receive, from the first transceiver, a first signal, and cause, 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 data transmitted by the second transceiver on the second communication medium is transmitted through at least one relay node. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A method for electronic communication comprising:
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providing 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, wherein the first communication medium and the second communication medium are the same; and a control logic coupled to the first transceiver and the second transceiver; receiving, by the control logic from the first transceiver, a first signal; and causing, by the control logic 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. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. An electronic communication device comprising:
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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 to receive, from the first transceiver, a first signal, and cause, 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 signal is related to at least one of; throughput, signal to noise ratio, packet delivery ratio, packet data rate, packet delivery latency, energy per bit, expected transmission count, and number of probing packets received in a given time window.
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13. An electronic communication device comprising:
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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 to receive, from the first transceiver, a first signal, and cause, 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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14. An electronic communication device comprising:
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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 to receive, from the first transceiver, a first signal, and cause, 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 accessed in a single device. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. An electronic communication device comprising:
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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 to receive, from the first transceiver, a first signal, and cause, 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 data transmitted by the second transceiver on the second communication medium is transmitted through at least one relay node. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. An electronic communication device comprising:
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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 to; receive, from the first transceiver, a first signal, determine an existence of asymmetric communication in the first communication medium, broadcast, to neighboring nodes, information related to the first signal and information related to the existence of asymmetric communication in the first communication medium, and couple, in response to at least one of the first signal and the existence of asymmetric communication in the first communication medium, the first communication medium and the second communication medium. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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