PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16160864
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["375", "222000"]

Abstract:
In a powerline communications (PLC) network having a first node and at least a second node on a PLC channel utilizing a band including a plurality of tones, based on at least one channel quality indicator (CQI), the first node allocates for a tone map response payload only a single (1) power control bit for each of a plurality of subbands having two or more tones. The power control bit indicates a first power state or a second power state. The first node transmits a frame including the tone map response payload to the second node. The second node transmits a frame having boosted signal power for the tones in the subbands which have the first power state compared to a lower signal power for the tones in the subbands which have the second power state.

Claim (Index 13):
A powerline communications (PLC) network utilizing a band including a plurality of tones, comprising:\n a first node and at least a second node on a PLC channel; said first node including a first memory which stores code for a receiver adaptive tone power control (ATPC) algorithm including code for compiling a first data frame, a first modem coupled to said first memory, said first modem comprising:\n a first processor programmed to implement said receiver ATPC algorithm and said compiling said first data frame, said receiver ATPC algorithm based on at least one channel quality indicator (CQI) allocating a tone map response payload only a single (1) power control bit for each of a plurality of subbands having two or more of said plurality of tones, said power control bits indicating a first power state or a second power state; and \n a first PLC transceiver communicably coupled to said first modem, said receiver ATPC algorithm causing said first PLC transceiver to transmit said first data frame including said tone map response payload to said second node, and \n said second node including a second memory which stores a transmitter ATPC algorithm including code for compiling a second data frame, decoding said tone map response payload, and an adaptive transmission power control algorithm, a second modem coupled to said second memory, said second modem comprising:\n a second processor programmed to implement said decoding of said tone map response payload, and \n a second PLC transceiver communicably coupled to said second modem, said adaptive transmission power control algorithm causing said second PLC transceiver to transmit said second data frame having boosted signal power for ones of said plurality of tones in said plurality of subbands which have said first power state compared to a lower signal power for ones of said plurality of tones in said plurality of subbands which have said second power state to said first node.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 6.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.42623
- Patent Class: 375.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13644585', '13493268', '14052913', '14816671', '15072946']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4470214669001285
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6248149888161518
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4648008190917309
- Mean Citation Score: 331.561342
- Max Citation Score: 569.6173
- Similarity Product: 525.7440234669149

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test