Patent ID: 9596325
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L

Claim:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor of a receiving node in a powerline communication (PLC) network causes the processor to: determine whether a destination address field of a physical layer (PHY) data frame received by the receiving node matches a receiving node address of the receiving node or whether the destination address field is set to a reserved value indicating a node using an extended address which is not yet registered to the PLC network, and wherein the PHY data frame includes a preamble, a PHY header including the destination address field, a media access control (MAC) header, and a MAC payload; and skip decoding of the entire MAC header and the MAC payload when the processor determines that the receiving node address indicates the receiving node is a node registered to the PLC network and the destination address field is set to the reserved value.