Patent ID: 7898972

Claim:
A network device for a communication network, the network device comprising: (a) a database table adapted to store one or more sets of one or more parameters, each set corresponding to a different identifier for a corresponding network device of the communication network; and (b) a receiver adapted to: (1) receive a first data packet from a first transmitter, the first data packet comprising a training sequence, a header, and a payload; (2) receive a first auxiliary coding corresponding to only the first data packet, wherein: the first auxiliary coding identifies a first identifier; the first auxiliary coding is different from the training sequence; and the first identifier is different from the training sequence; (3) recover the first identifier from the first auxiliary coding; (4) retrieve a first set of one or more parameters from the database table based on the first identifier; (5) process at least a portion of the first data packet based on the first set of one or more parameters; (6) receive a second data packet from a second transmitter, the second data packet comprising a training sequence, a header, and a payload; (7) receive a second auxiliary coding corresponding to only the second data packet, wherein: the second auxiliary coding identifies a second identifier; the second auxiliary coding is different from the second data packet's training sequence; the second identifier is different from the second data packet's training sequence; (8) recover a second set of one or more parameters from the database table based on the second identifier; and (9) process at least a portion of the second data packet based on the second set of one or more parameters.