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Routing protocols for power line communications (PLC)

  • US 8,958,356 B2
  • Filed: 11/21/2011
  • Issued: 02/17/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • performing, by a power line communication (PLC) device,(a) transmitting a one-hop broadcast request message over a power line to each of a plurality of full-function PLC devices in a mesh network;

    (b) receiving a response from one or more of the plurality of full-function PLC devices over the power line;

    (c) selecting one of the plurality of full-function PLC devices as a bootstrapping agent based, at least in part, upon the responses;

    (d) sending a join request to the bootstrapping agent, the bootstrapping agent configured to relay the join request to a bootstrapping server; and

    (e) in response to successfully joining the mesh network, setting the bootstrapping agent as a next hop toward the bootstrapping server.

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