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公开(公告)号:US11184879B2
公开(公告)日:2021-11-23
申请号:US16877861
申请日:2020-05-19
Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Inventor: Kumaran Vijayasankar , Ramanuja Vedantham
Abstract: A method of operating a mesh network is disclosed. The method includes joining a network as a child of a parent node and receiving a downlink broadcast channel from the parent node. The method further includes setting the downlink broadcast channel as an uplink broadcast channel in response to the step of receiving.
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公开(公告)号:US20210274593A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-02
申请号:US17322987
申请日:2021-05-18
Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Inventor: Xiaolin Lu , Robert Liang , Mehul Soman , Kumaran Vijayasankar , Ramanuja Vedantham
IPC: H04W80/02
Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a network device having a split network stack that includes a physical (PHY) layer associated with first and second media access control (MAC) protocol sublayers, a processing device, and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processing device, cause the processing device to select a route through the split network stack that includes one of the first and second MAC protocol sublayers but not the other one of the first and second MAC protocol sublayers.
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公开(公告)号:US11051140B2
公开(公告)日:2021-06-29
申请号:US14836655
申请日:2015-08-26
Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Inventor: Alper Sinan Akyurek , Ariton E. Xhafa , Jianwei Zhou , Ramanuja Vedantham
Abstract: A method for managing Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) addresses in a wireless sensor network is provided that includes storing, on a wireless sensor device in the wireless sensor network, a prefix of an IPv6 address in association with a key, forming an address indicator for the IPv6 address, the address indicator consisting of the key and a node address of the IPv6 address, and storing the address indicator in at least one memory location on the wireless sensor device in lieu of the IPv6 address.
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公开(公告)号:US11013060B2
公开(公告)日:2021-05-18
申请号:US16159265
申请日:2018-10-12
Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Inventor: Xiaolin Lu , Robert Liang , Mehul Soman , Kumaran Vijayasankar , Ramanuja Vedantham
Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a network device having a split network stack that includes a physical (PHY) layer associated with first and second media access control (MAC) protocol sublayers, a processing device, and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processing device, cause the processing device to select a route through the split network stack that includes one of the first and second MAC protocol sublayers but not the other one of the first and second MAC protocol sublayers.
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公开(公告)号:US10938803B2
公开(公告)日:2021-03-02
申请号:US16252262
申请日:2019-01-18
Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Inventor: Kumaran Vijayasankar , Oliver Shih , Arvind K. Raghu , Ramanuja Vedantham , Xiaolin Lu
Abstract: Authentication of a networked device with limited computational resources for secure communications over a network. Authentication of the device begins with the supplicant node transmitting a signed digital certificate with its authentication credentials to a proxy node. Upon verifying the certificate, the proxy node then authenticates the supplicant's credentials with an authentication server accessible over the network, acting as a proxy for the supplicant node. Typically, this verification includes decryption according to a public/private key scheme. Upon successful authentication, the authentication server creates a session key for the supplicant node and communicates it to the proxy node. The proxy node encrypts the session key with a symmetric key, and transmits the encrypted session key to the supplicant node which, after decryption, uses the session key for secure communications. In some embodiments, the authentication server encrypts the session key with the symmetric key.
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公开(公告)号:US20210044322A1
公开(公告)日:2021-02-11
申请号:US17081141
申请日:2020-10-27
Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Inventor: Kaichien Tsai , Arvind Kandhalu Raghu , Ramanuja Vedantham
IPC: H04B1/713 , H04L12/26 , H04B17/318 , H04L1/00 , H04L1/20 , H04W4/80 , H04B17/26 , H04W40/22 , H04B1/715 , H04L12/933 , H04W84/18
Abstract: A method for pseudo channel hopping in a node of a wireless mesh network is provided that includes scanning each channel of a plurality of channels used for packet transmission by the node, wherein each channel is scanned for a scan dwell time associated with the channel, updating statistics for each channel based on packets received by the node during the scanning of the channel, and selecting a channel of the plurality of channels for scanning based on the statistics when the scan dwell time of a currently scanned channel ends.
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公开(公告)号:US10587476B2
公开(公告)日:2020-03-10
申请号:US15050163
申请日:2016-02-22
Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Inventor: Ramanuja Vedantham , Kumaran Vijayasankar , Xiaolin Lu
Abstract: An algorithm for the promotion of terminal nodes to switch nodes in a PLC network reduces overall network overhead and collisions, while ensuring the appropriate selection of a switch node and minimizing the number of levels in a PLC network. It also ensures that the terminal nodes with appropriate signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) are promoted. It is desirable to have a network with fewer levels. The disclosed approach favors the nodes that are closer to the DC to promote them as switch nodes. This is achieved by waiting for a smaller number of PNPDUs for a node that is closer to the DC in comparison to a node that is farther away from the DC.
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公开(公告)号:US10291520B2
公开(公告)日:2019-05-14
申请号:US15495441
申请日:2017-04-24
Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Inventor: Arvind Kandhalu Raghu , Kaichien Tsai , Ramanuja Vedantham
IPC: H04L12/721 , H04L12/801 , H04W28/14 , H04W40/02 , H04W8/00 , H04W88/04 , H04W74/08 , H04W84/18 , H04W4/80 , H04B7/15
Abstract: A BLE-Mesh device includes a controller, an RF driver for driving the transceiver adapted to be coupled to an antenna, and a counter. The controller implements an applications layer including BLE and Mesh Applications, and a BLE stack and a mesh stack. A redundant traffic suppression relaying algorithm is for waiting for a random time within a selected time window from W1 to a later W2 before attempting to transmit a first packet that contains a unique source (SRC) address and a packet sequence (SEQ) number of a device that is the source of the first packet. If during the random time a packet with both the source device's SRC address and the SEQ number is received, the counter is incremented from an initial count to a current count. After the random time elapses, the current count is compared to a Cthreshold value, and the first packet is transmitted only if the current count
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公开(公告)号:US09894189B2
公开(公告)日:2018-02-13
申请号:US15419045
申请日:2017-01-30
Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Inventor: Gang Xu , Ramanuja Vedantham , Kumaran Vijayasankar , Anand G. Dabak , Tarkesh Pande , Il Han Kim , Xiaolin Lu
CPC classification number: H04L69/22 , H04B3/54 , H04B3/542 , H04B2203/5408
Abstract: In a disclosed embodiment, a method for communication in a network includes receiving, at a first device registered to the network, a physical layer (PHY) frame that includes a PHY header and a MAC header. The PHY frame may further include a MAC payload. The PHY header includes a destination address field. The method further includes comparing a network address of the first device to the destination address field to determine whether the destination address field stores a value having the same number of bits as the network address. When the comparison indicates that the value stored by the destination address field does not have the same number of bits as the network address, the method skips decoding the MAC header and the MAC payload.
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公开(公告)号:US09774535B2
公开(公告)日:2017-09-26
申请号:US15462703
申请日:2017-03-17
Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Inventor: Kumaran Vijayasankar , Ramanuja Vedantham , Anand G. Dabak , Tarkesh Pande , Il Han Kim
IPC: H04L12/24 , H04L12/801 , H04L12/835 , H04B3/54
CPC classification number: H04L47/266 , H04B3/542 , H04B2203/5408 , H04L47/12 , H04L47/127 , H04L47/30 , H04L47/32 , Y02D50/10
Abstract: A method of powerline communications in a powerline communications (PLC) network including a first node and at least a second node. The first node transmits a data frame to the second node over a PLC channel. The second node has a data buffer for storing received information. The second node runs a flow control algorithm which determines a current congestion condition or a projected congestion condition of the data buffer based on at least one congestion parameter. The current congestion condition and projected congestion condition include nearly congested and fully congested. When the current or projected congestion condition is either nearly congested or fully congested, the second node transmits a BUSY including frame over the PLC channel to at least the first node. The first node defers transmitting of any frames to the second node for a congestion clearing wait time.
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