US Patent Issued to IC PLUS on Sept. 30 for "Physical layer collision avoidance (PLCA) device and method for automatically determining node identity for PLCA device" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,789, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to IC PLUS CORP. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

"Physical layer collision avoidance (PLCA) device and method for automatically determining node identity for PLCA device" was invented by Chun-Ying Huang (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A physical layer collision avoidance (PLCA) device and a method for automatically determining a node identity for the PLCA device are provided. The method includes: generating a random number as identification information of the PLCA device, wherein the PLCA device maintains an identification information table and a device count; receiving a first synchronizat...