Patent ID: 9137004
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: H04B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for managing communication via a powerline communication (PLC) medium, the method comprising: selecting a transmission mode for a transmission from a first device to a second device via the PLC medium, the first device and the second device belonging to a first PLC network that shares the PLC medium with a second PLC network, wherein the transmission mode is selected to facilitate concurrent use of the PLC medium by the first PLC network and the second PLC network, and wherein the transmission mode is selected from a group consisting of a 2-stream multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) eigen-beamforming transmission mode, a 1-stream MIMO spot-beamforming transmission mode, and a 1-stream single-input-single-output (SISO) transmission mode.