Patent ID: 9350419
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for coordinating transmissions of power line communication (PLC) devices, the method comprising: receiving, by a management entity communicatively coupled to a plurality of primary PLC devices, channel state information from the plurality of primary PLC devices with respect to transmissions to a plurality of secondary PLC devices, each of the plurality of secondary PLC devices being coupled to one of the plurality of primary PLC devices via one of a plurality of power lines; determining, by the management entity, precoding information for mitigating far-end cross talk interference associated with the transmissions from the plurality of primary PLC devices to the plurality of secondary PLC devices; providing, by the management entity, a separate portion of the preceding information to each of the plurality of primary PLC devices; and coordinating, by the management entity, preceded transmissions of the plurality of primary PLC devices to the plurality of secondary PLC devices.