US2020153652A1PendingUtilityA1

Device and method for automatic network detection and formation

Assignee: ENTROPIC COMMUNICATIONS LLCPriority: Nov 20, 2013Filed: Jan 7, 2020Published: May 14, 2020

Est. expiryNov 20, 2033(~7.3 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority

Inventors:Branislav Petrovic Yoav Hebron Sagar Jogadhenu Michail Tsatsanis Mark O'Leary Yunhong Li Inderjit Singh Ronald Lee

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Abstract

A communication device includes a communication port including network interface circuitry; and a processor, and a non-transitory storage medium configured to store program instructions which, when executed by the processor cause the communication device to perform a network operation comprising: entering into a listening phase; and searching for and attempting to acquire a network.

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         24 . A communication device comprising:
 at least one module operable to, at least:
 select a number of beacon phase cycles, between a minimum number of beacon phase cycles and a maximum number of beacon phase cycles, to perform in a beacon phase; and 
 operate in a listening phase in which the at least one module, at least, searches for a beacon on a plurality of channels of the network.

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