公开(公告)号：US11632769B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-18

申请号：US17567975

申请日：2022-01-04

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Arvind Kandhalu Raghu ,  Antony James Cave ,  Ramanuja Vedantham ,  Xiaoxi Bruce Zhang

IPC: H04B7/00 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W72/1263 ,  H04L47/6275 ,  H04L69/18 ,  H04W4/80

Abstract: A method for concurrent execution of multiple protocols using a single radio of a wireless communication device is provided that includes receiving, in a radio command scheduler, a first radio command from a first protocol stack of a plurality of protocol states executing on the wireless communication device, determining a scheduling policy for the first radio command based on a current state of each protocol stack of the plurality of protocol stacks, and scheduling the first radio command in a radio command queue for the radio based on the scheduling policy, wherein the radio command scheduler uses the radio command queue to schedule radio commands received from the plurality of protocol stacks.

公开(公告)号：US20230085257A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-16

申请号：US18053403

申请日：2022-11-08

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Kumaran Vijayasankar ,  Ramanuja Vedantham ,  Tarkesh Pande

IPC: H04B3/54 ,  H04L12/413

Abstract: Systems and methods for setting a carrier-sensing mechanism in a PLC node are disclosed. In a PLC standard, coexistence is achieved by having the nodes detect a common preamble and backing off by a Coexistence InterFrame Space (cEIFS) time period to help the node to avoid interfering with the other technologies. In one embodiment, a PHY primitive is sent from the PHY to the MAC know that there has been a preamble detection. A two-level indication may be used—one indication after receiving the preamble and other indication after decoding the entire frame. The MAC sets the carrier-sensing mechanism based on the preamble detection.

公开(公告)号：US11589333B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-21

申请号：US17508787

申请日：2021-10-22

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Kumaran Vijayasankar ,  Ramanuja Vedantham

IPC: H04W72/00 ,  H04W84/18

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.

公开(公告)号：US20220321171A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-06

申请号：US17844118

申请日：2022-06-20

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Kumaran Vijayasankar ,  Ramanuja Vedantham ,  Badri N. Varadarajan ,  Anand G. Dabak

IPC: H04B3/54 ,  H04L5/00

Abstract: Systems and methods for designing, using, and/or implementing beacon-enabled communications for variable payload transfers are described. In various embodiments, these systems and methods may be applicable to power line communications (PLC). For example, a method may include implementing a superframe having a plurality of beacon slots, a plurality of intermediate slots following the beacon slots, and a poll-based Contention Free Period (CFP) slot following the intermediate slots. Each of the beacon slots and each of the intermediate slots may correspond to a respective one of a plurality of frequency subbands, and the poll-based CFP slot may correspond to a combination of the plurality of frequency subbands. The method may also include receiving a poll request over a first of the plurality of frequency subbands during the poll-based CFP slot, and then transmitting a data packet over a second of the plurality of frequency subbands during the poll-based CFP slot.

公开(公告)号：US20220132525A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-28

申请号：US17567975

申请日：2022-01-04

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Arvind Kandhalu Raghu ,  Antony James Cave ,  Ramanuja Vedantham ,  Xiaoxi Bruce Zhang

IPC: H04W72/12 ,  H04L47/6275 ,  H04L69/18

Abstract: A method for concurrent execution of multiple protocols using a single radio of a wireless communication device is provided that includes receiving, in a radio command scheduler, a first radio command from a first protocol stack of a plurality of protocol states executing on the wireless communication device, determining a scheduling policy for the first radio command based on a current state of each protocol stack of the plurality of protocol stacks, and scheduling the first radio command in a radio command queue for the radio based on the scheduling policy, wherein the radio command scheduler uses the radio command queue to schedule radio commands received from the plurality of protocol stacks.

公开(公告)号：US10396852B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-27

申请号：US15946041

申请日：2018-04-05

Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated

Inventor： Kumaran Vijayasankar ,  Ramanuja Vedantham ,  Tarkesh Pande

IPC: H04B3/54

Abstract: Embodiments of methods and systems for supporting coexistence of multiple technologies in a Power Line Communication (PLC) network are disclosed. A long coexistence preamble sequence may be transmitted by a device that has been forced to back off the PLC channel multiple times. The long coexistence sequence provides a way for the device to request channel access from devices on the channel using other technology. The device may transmit a data packet after transmitting the long coexistence preamble sequence. A network duty cycle time may also be defined as a maximum allowed duration for nodes of the same network to access the channel. When the network duty cycle time occurs, all nodes will back off the channel for a duty cycle extended inter frame space before transmitting again. The long coexistence preamble sequence and the network duty cycle time may be used together.

公开(公告)号：US20190245844A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-08

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

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L9/32

CPC classification number: H04L63/0823 ,  H04L9/3268 ,  H04L63/0428 ,  H04L63/0435 ,  H04L63/0442 ,  H04L63/062 ,  H04L63/0884

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.

公开(公告)号：US10334087B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-25

申请号：US15894250

申请日：2018-02-12

Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated

Inventor： Gang Xu ,  Ramanuja Vedantham ,  Kumaran Vijayasankar ,  Anand G Dabak ,  Tarkesh Pande ,  Il Han Kim ,  Xiaolin Lu

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04B3/54

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.

公开(公告)号：US10187376B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-22

申请号：US15222524

申请日：2016-07-28

Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated

Inventor： Kumaran Vijayasankar ,  Oliver Shih ,  Arvind K. Raghu ,  Ramanuja Vedantham ,  Xiaolin Lu

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L9/32

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.

公开(公告)号：US10104192B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-16

申请号：US14516168

申请日：2014-10-16

Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated

Inventor： Xiaolin Lu ,  Robert Liang ,  Mehul Soman ,  Kumaran Vijayasankar ,  Ramanuja Vedantham

IPC: H04L29/04 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W4/20 ,  H04W80/02

Abstract: A communication system and method includes receiving payload data of first and second media access control (MAC) frames. A MAC-level protocol is identified in response to the indication of the selected network for each of the first and second MAC frames. The payload data of the first and second MAC frames is transmitted and/or received across respective networks transmitted using, for example, power line communications signals over a common communications medium. The common communications medium is operable for carrying signals of a plurality of networks.