公开(公告)号：US07715425B2

公开(公告)日：2010-05-11

申请号：US10787544

申请日：2004-02-26

申请人： Lawrence W. Yonge, III ,  Srinivas Katar ,  Stanley J. Kostoff, II ,  William E. Earnshaw ,  Bart W. Blanchard ,  Hassan Kaywan Afkhamie ,  Harper Brent Mashburn

发明人： Lawrence W. Yonge, III ,  Srinivas Katar ,  Stanley J. Kostoff, II ,  William E. Earnshaw ,  Bart W. Blanchard ,  Hassan Kaywan Afkhamie ,  Harper Brent Mashburn

IPC分类号： H04J3/16

CPC分类号： H04B3/542 ,  H04B2203/5495 ,  H04L5/0044

摘要： A method of operating in a network (e.g., a power line communication network) in which a plurality of stations communicate over a shared medium (e.g., an AC power line) having a periodically varying channel. The method includes determining a plurality of channel adaptations (e.g., tone maps) for communication between a pair of stations, and assigning a different one of the plurality of channel adaptations to each of a plurality of phase regions of the periodically varying channel.

摘要翻译： 一种在网络（例如，电力线通信网络）中操作的方法，其中多个站通过具有周期性变化的信道的共享介质（例如，AC电力线）进行通信。 该方法包括确定用于一对站之间的通信的多个信道调整（例如，音调映射），以及将多个信道适配中的不同一个分配给周期性变化信道的多个相位区域中的每一个。

公开(公告)号：US06397368B1

公开(公告)日：2002-05-28

申请号：US09455186

申请日：1999-12-06

申请人： Lawrence W. Yonge, III ,  Bart W. Blanchard ,  Harper Brent Mashburn ,  Timothy Robert Gargrave ,  William Edward Lawton

发明人： Lawrence W. Yonge, III ,  Bart W. Blanchard ,  Harper Brent Mashburn ,  Timothy Robert Gargrave ,  William Edward Lawton

IPC分类号： H03M1303

CPC分类号： H04L1/0007 ,  H04L1/0003 ,  H04L1/0009 ,  H04L1/0021 ,  H04L1/0025 ,  H04L1/0057 ,  H04L1/0059 ,  H04L1/0071 ,  H04L27/2608

摘要： A scheme for configuring an FEC encoder (including an associated interleaver) for changing data channel characteristics. Channel information specifying a modulation mode and carriers capable of supporting the modulation mode for the data channel is received by a transmitting network node for use in a data transmission to a receiving network node. The received channel information is based on a prior data transmission to the receiving network node over the data channel. Configuration values are computed from the received channel information and an amount of data to be transmitted in a data transmission. The FEC encoder is configured to operate on the data transmission data amount according to the configuration information.

摘要翻译： 一种用于配置用于改变数据信道特性的FEC编码器（包括相关交织器）的方案。 指定调制模式的信道信息和能够支持数据信道的调制方式的载波由发送网络节点接收，用于向接收网络节点的数据传输。 所接收的信道信息基于通过数据信道向接收网络节点的先前数据传输。 根据接收到的信道信息和要在数据传输中发送的数据量来计算配置值。 FEC编码器被配置为根据配置信息对数据传输数据量进行操作。

公开(公告)号：US06553534B2

公开(公告)日：2003-04-22

申请号：US10153947

申请日：2002-05-23

申请人： Lawrence W. Yonge, III ,  Bart W. Blanchard ,  Harper Brent Mashburn ,  Timothy Robert Gargrave ,  William Edward Lawton

发明人： Lawrence W. Yonge, III ,  Bart W. Blanchard ,  Harper Brent Mashburn ,  Timothy Robert Gargrave ,  William Edward Lawton

IPC分类号： H03M1300

CPC分类号： H04L1/0007 ,  H04L1/0003 ,  H04L1/0009 ,  H04L1/0021 ,  H04L1/0025 ,  H04L1/0057 ,  H04L1/0059 ,  H04L1/0071 ,  H04L27/2608

摘要： A scheme for configuring an FEC encoder (including an associated interleaver) for changing data channel characteristics. Channel information specifying a modulation mode and carriers capable of supporting the modulation mode for the data channel is received by a transmitting network node for use in a data transmission to a receiving network node. The received channel information is based on a prior data transmission to the receiving network node over the data channel. Configuration values are computed from the received channel information and an amount of data to be transmitted in a data transmission. The FEC encoder is configured to operate on the data transmission data amount according to the configuration information.

公开(公告)号：US06278685B1

公开(公告)日：2001-08-21

申请号：US09377131

申请日：1999-08-19

申请人： Lawrence W. Yonge, III ,  Bart W. Blanchard ,  Harper Brent Mashburn

发明人： Lawrence W. Yonge, III ,  Bart W. Blanchard ,  Harper Brent Mashburn

IPC分类号： H04J1100

CPC分类号： H04L1/04 ,  H03M13/271 ,  H03M13/276 ,  H04L1/0071 ,  H04L5/0007 ,  H04L27/2647

摘要： An interleaving/de-interleaving scheme for providing redundancy with both time and frequency diversity to data in OFDM symbols in a data transmission system. On the transmit side, encoded data to be modulated onto carriers in OFDM symbols is interleaved by storing the encoded data in an interleaver memory and reading multiple copies of the encoded data from the interleaver memory so that the encoded data copies are spread in time on non-consecutive symbols and in frequency on non-adjacent carriers. On the receive side, the multiple copies of the OFDM data are received, and phase noise computations are used to combine the multiple copies (in either metric or phase angle form) into one. From the combined copies a single metric value to be used in decoding the OFDM data is produced.

摘要翻译： 一种用于向数据传输系统中的OFDM符号中的数据提供时间和频率分集的冗余的交织/解交织方案。 在发送侧，通过将编码数据存储在交织器存储器中并从交织器存储器中读取编码数据的多个副本来交织编码数据，以便编码的数据副本在非OFDM码元中以时间方式传播， - 不相邻载波上的连续符号和频率。 在接收侧，接收OFDM数据的多个副本，并且使用相位噪声计算将多个副本（以度量或相位角形式）组合成一个。 从组合副本中，产生用于解码OFDM数据的单个度量值。

公开(公告)号：US06442129B1

公开(公告)日：2002-08-27

申请号：US09455110

申请日：1999-12-06

申请人： Lawrence W. Yonge, III ,  Harper Brent Mashburn

发明人： Lawrence W. Yonge, III ,  Harper Brent Mashburn

IPC分类号： H04J900

CPC分类号： H04L27/2608

摘要： A scheme for identifying usable carriers for a particular modulation type and selecting, if possible, a modulation type for modulation of OFDM symbol block associated with data packets in a standard transmission mode based on data channel conditions. Channel estimation for an OFDM symbol block received by a receiving network node over a data channel during a packet transmission by a transmitting network node generates information indicative of noise events on symbols and carriers in the OFDM block, the generated information being related to modulation types available for the standard transmission mode, and determines from the generated information if at least one of the modulation types available for the standard transmission mode may be used for a next data transmission over the data channel by the transmitting network node using the standard transmission mode. One of the modulation types is selected if it is determined that at least one of the modulation types may be used. A channel map identifying good carriers for the selected modulation type is produced and stored in memory. If it is determined that one of the modulation modes for the standard transmission mode may not be selected, then a robust transmission mode is chosen instead. The robust transmission mode transmits more reliably (albeit at a lower data rate) than the standard transmission mode. The channel map associated with the standard transmission mode,if produced, or the selection of the robust transmission mode is conveyed to the transmitting network node.

摘要翻译： 用于识别用于特定调制类型的可用载波的方案，并且如果可能，则基于数据信道条件选择用于以标准传输模式调制与数据分组相关联的OFDM符号块的调制类型。 在发送网络节点的分组传输期间由接收网络节点通过数据信道接收的OFDM符号块的信道估计产生指示OFDM块中的符号和载波上的噪声事件的信息，所生成的信息与可用的调制类型相关 并且根据所生成的信息确定可用于标准传输模式的调制类型中的至少一个可以被发送网络节点使用标准传输模式通过数据信道进行下一次数据传输。 如果确定可以使用至少一种调制类型，则选择调制类型之一。 产生识别用于所选择的调制类型的良好载波的频道映射并将其存储在存储器中。 如果确定可能不选择用于标准传输模式的调制模式之一，则选择鲁棒的传输模式。 鲁棒的传输模式比标准传输模式更可靠地发送（尽管数据速率较低）。 与标准传输模式相关联的信道映射（如果产生）或鲁棒传输模式的选择被传送到发射网络节点。

公开(公告)号：US08090857B2

公开(公告)日：2012-01-03

申请号：US10720742

申请日：2003-11-24

申请人： Lawrence W. Yonge, III ,  Srinivas Katar ,  Stanley J. Kostoff, II ,  William E. Earnshaw ,  Bart W. Blanchard ,  Timothy R. Gargrave

发明人： Lawrence W. Yonge, III ,  Srinivas Katar ,  Stanley J. Kostoff, II ,  William E. Earnshaw ,  Bart W. Blanchard ,  Timothy R. Gargrave

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  H04J3/16

CPC分类号： H04L47/24 ,  H04L1/0061 ,  H04L1/0072 ,  H04L1/0083 ,  H04L1/08 ,  H04L1/1867 ,  H04L47/10 ,  H04L47/36

摘要： A method of operating in a network in which a plurality of stations communicate over a shared medium, comprising providing a physical layer (e.g., PHY) for handling physical communication over the shared medium; providing a high level layer (e.g., PAL) that receives data from the station and supplies high level data units (e.g., MSDUs) for transmission over the medium; providing a MAC layer that receives the high level data units from the high level layer and supplies low level data units (e.g., MPDUs) to the physical layer; at the MAC layer, encapsulating content from a plurality of the high level data units; dividing the encapsulated content into a plurality of pieces (e.g., segments) with each piece capable of being independently retransmitted; and supplying low level data units containing one or more of the plurality of pieces.

摘要翻译： 一种在多个站通过共享介质进行通信的网络中进行操作的方法，包括提供用于通过所述共享介质处理物理通信的物理层（例如，PHY）; 提供从站接收数据并提供用于在介质上传输的高级数据单元（例如，MSDU）的高级层（例如PAL） 提供从高级层接收高级数据单元并将低级数据单元（例如，MPDU）提供给物理层的MAC层; 在MAC层处封装来自多个高级数据单元的内容; 将封装的内容分成多个片段（例如，段），每个片段能够被独立地重传; 以及提供包含所述多个片段中的一个或多个的低级数据单元。

公开(公告)号：US20110128973A1

公开(公告)日：2011-06-02

申请号：US13025230

申请日：2011-02-11

申请人： Lawrence W. Yonge, III ,  Srinivas Katar ,  Stanley J. Kostoff, II ,  William E. Earnshaw ,  Bart W. Blanchard ,  Timothy R. Gargrave

发明人： Lawrence W. Yonge, III ,  Srinivas Katar ,  Stanley J. Kostoff, II ,  William E. Earnshaw ,  Bart W. Blanchard ,  Timothy R. Gargrave

IPC分类号： H04L29/06

CPC分类号： H04L47/24 ,  H04L1/0061 ,  H04L1/0072 ,  H04L1/0083 ,  H04L1/08 ,  H04L1/1867 ,  H04L47/10 ,  H04L47/36

摘要： A method of operating in a network in which a plurality of stations communicate over a shared medium, comprising providing a physical layer (e.g., PHY) for handling physical communication over the shared medium; providing a high level layer (e.g., PAL) that receives data from the station and supplies high level data units (e.g., MSDUs) for transmission over the medium; providing a MAC layer that receives the high level data units from the high level layer and supplies low level data units (e.g., MPDUs) to the physical layer; at the MAC layer, encapsulating content from a plurality of the high level data units; dividing the encapsulated content into a plurality of pieces (e.g., segments) with each piece capable of being independently retransmitted; and supplying low level data units containing one or more of the plurality of pieces.

摘要翻译： 一种在多个站通过共享介质进行通信的网络中进行操作的方法，包括提供用于通过所述共享介质处理物理通信的物理层（例如，PHY）; 提供从站接收数据并提供用于在介质上传输的高级数据单元（例如，MSDU）的高级层（例如PAL） 提供从高级层接收高级数据单元并将低级数据单元（例如，MPDU）提供给物理层的MAC层; 在MAC层处封装来自多个高级数据单元的内容; 将封装的内容分成多个片段（例如，段），每个片段能够被独立地重传; 以及提供包含所述多个片段中的一个或多个的低级数据单元。

公开(公告)号：US08654635B2

公开(公告)日：2014-02-18

申请号：US13025230

申请日：2011-02-11

申请人： Lawrence W. Yonge, III ,  Srinivas Katar ,  Stanley J. Kostoff, II ,  William E. Earnshaw ,  Bart W. Blanchard ,  Timothy R. Gargrave

发明人： Lawrence W. Yonge, III ,  Srinivas Katar ,  Stanley J. Kostoff, II ,  William E. Earnshaw ,  Bart W. Blanchard ,  Timothy R. Gargrave

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  H04J3/16

CPC分类号： H04L47/24 ,  H04L1/0061 ,  H04L1/0072 ,  H04L1/0083 ,  H04L1/08 ,  H04L1/1867 ,  H04L47/10 ,  H04L47/36

摘要： A method of operating in a network in which a plurality of stations communicate over a shared medium, comprising providing a physical layer (e.g., PHY) for handling physical communication over the shared medium; providing a high level layer (e.g., PAL) that receives data from the station and supplies high level data units (e.g., MSDUs) for transmission over the medium; providing a MAC layer that receives the high level data units from the high level layer and supplies low level data units (e.g., MPDUs) to the physical layer; at the MAC layer, encapsulating content from a plurality of the high level data units; dividing the encapsulated content into a plurality of pieces (e.g., segments) with each piece capable of being independently retransmitted; and supplying low level data units containing one or more of the plurality of pieces.

摘要翻译： 一种在多个站通过共享介质进行通信的网络中进行操作的方法，包括提供用于通过所述共享介质处理物理通信的物理层（例如，PHY）; 提供从站接收数据并提供用于在介质上传输的高级数据单元（例如，MSDU）的高级层（例如PAL） 提供从高级层接收高级数据单元并将低级数据单元（例如，MPDU）提供给物理层的MAC层; 在MAC层处封装来自多个高级数据单元的内容; 将封装的内容分成多个片段（例如，段），每个片段能够被独立地重传; 以及提供包含所述多个片段中的一个或多个的低级数据单元。

公开(公告)号：US09413686B2

公开(公告)日：2016-08-09

申请号：US11970339

申请日：2008-01-07

申请人： Srinivas Katar ,  Lawrence W. Yonge, III ,  Manjunath Krishnam

发明人： Srinivas Katar ,  Lawrence W. Yonge, III ,  Manjunath Krishnam

IPC分类号： H04L9/08 ,  H04L12/915 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04L12/721 ,  H04L12/727 ,  H04L12/733 ,  H04L12/729 ,  H04L12/761 ,  H04L12/413 ,  H04L12/44

CPC分类号： H04L47/787 ,  H04B2203/5445 ,  H04L12/2801 ,  H04L12/2856 ,  H04L12/413 ,  H04L12/44 ,  H04L45/12 ,  H04L45/121 ,  H04L45/122 ,  H04L45/123 ,  H04L45/125 ,  H04L45/16

摘要： Systems and methods for communicating and authenticating end-to-end management keys to stations to facilitate communications between stations in the network. A nonce based upon a pseudo-random number generated by the station(s) can be included with the end-to-end management key (EMK). The station(s) can compare the nonce to the generated pseudo-random number to authenticate the EMK.

摘要翻译： 用于向站点通信和验证端到端管理密钥以促进网络中的站之间的通信的系统和方法。 基于由站产生的伪随机数的随机数可以包括在端到端管理密钥（EMK）中。 该站可以将随机数与生成的伪随机数进行比较以认证EMK。

公开(公告)号：US08913629B2

公开(公告)日：2014-12-16

申请号：US13623579

申请日：2012-09-20

申请人： Lawrence W. Yonge, III ,  Srinivas Katar ,  William E. Earnshaw ,  Stefano Galli ,  Akio Kurobe ,  Hisao Koga ,  Nobutaka Kodama ,  Jose Abad Molina ,  Oleg Logvinov ,  Paul Dixon ,  Olivier Isson

发明人： Lawrence W. Yonge, III ,  Srinivas Katar ,  William E. Earnshaw ,  Stefano Galli ,  Akio Kurobe ,  Hisao Koga ,  Nobutaka Kodama ,  Jose Abad Molina ,  Oleg Logvinov ,  Paul Dixon ,  Olivier Isson

IPC分类号： H04L12/43

CPC分类号： H04B7/2656 ,  H04B3/54

摘要： Within a domain of a master device, devices that share a power line as a communications medium monitor signal detection windows to sense network status. The devices transmit sensed network status to the master device. The master device allocates channel resources based on the network statuses communicated by the devices within the domain.

摘要翻译： 在主设备的领域内，共享电力线作为通信介质的设备监视信号检测窗口以感测网络状态。 设备将感测到的网络状态发送到主设备。 主设备根据域内设备传送的网络状态分配信道资源。