US 8,284,690 B2
RECEIVER DETERMINED PROBEGeneral
US 8,284,690 B2
RECEIVER DETERMINED PROBE
Tech Center:
2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
Examiner:
Clemence Han
Art Unit:
2464 Multiplex and VoIP
Agent:
ENTROPIC COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Inventors:
David BARR
Assignee:
Priority:
12/10/09
Filed:
12/10/09
Granted:
10/09/12
Expiration:
08/25/29
Abstract
According to various embodiments of the disclosed method and apparatus, nodes on a network are programmed to generate a probe transmission in response to a request from the node that will be receiving the probe. The receiving node may generate a probe request that specifies a plurality of parameters, such as a modulation profile for the probe; the payload content of the probe; the number of times to transmit the probe; a number of symbols for the payload of the probe; a preamble type for the probe; a cyclic-prefix length for the payload of the probe; a transmit power for the probe; and a transmit power scaling factor for the payload of the probe.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
H04H04L12/2801H04L