Patent ID: 7894323

Claim:
A Home Phoneline Access Multiplexer (HPAN) that services a plurality of groups of Home Phoneline stations, comprising: means for receiving a first communication signal over a first media from a first Home Phoneline station; means for receiving a second communication signal over a second media from a second Home Phoneline station wherein the first and second media are routed in a common binder; means for assigning a first time period for the first and second Home Phoneline stations to transmit downstream communication signals; means for transmitting the assigned first time period to the first and second Home Phoneline stations in order to reduce cross-talk; means for transmitting upstream communication signals over the first and second media during a second time period; means for measuring a signal strength of at least one transmission received by the HPAN from at least one of the first and second Home Phoneline stations; means for determining a transmit power setting for at least one group of the plurality of groups of Home Phoneline stations based upon at least one measured signal strength; and means for transmitting the determined transmit power setting to at least one of the first and second Home Phoneline stations.