Patent ID: 7715425
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: H04B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of operating in a network in which a plurality of stations communicate over a shared medium carrying a periodically varying signal, comprising: for each of one or more pairs of transmitter and receiver stations, determining a plurality of channel adaptations for communication between the pair of stations; assigning a different one of the plurality of channel adaptations to each of a plurality of phase regions of the periodically varying signal; and synchronizing the plurality of channel adaptations to the periodically varying signal based on phase offset information received from a station other than the pair of stations, the station other than the pair of stations including a circuit for tracking a predetermined characteristic of the periodically varying signal and generating the phase offset information based on the predetermined characteristic, wherein the channel adaptations include one or more communication parameters adjusted for the communication between the pair of stations, and wherein each of the pair of stations includes a channel adaptation facility for determining the one or more communication parameters.