Patent ID: 9356854
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H03M,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method implemented at a device for networking through signals transmitted across a shared medium network, wherein a shared medium is coupled with a plurality of devices in the shared medium network, the method comprising: monitoring for a first signal on the shared medium; processing the first signal received on the shared medium; receiving a set of one or more signals on the shared medium while processing the first signal; determining a set of one or more amplitude increases, wherein each amplitude increase is from an earlier received signal to a later received signal, and wherein each of the earlier received and the later received signals is one of the first and the set of one or more signals; comparing the set of one or more amplitude increases to a threshold value; and at least partially in response to the comparison (a first comparison), discarding one or more signals from the first signal and the set of one or more signals.