A home network, in one embodiment including a home wiring system; a demarcation point unit in electrical communication with the home wiring system; and a home network module in electrical communication with the home wiring system. The home network module is adapted for connection to a home electroni
A home network, in one embodiment including a home wiring system; a demarcation point unit in electrical communication with the home wiring system; and a home network module in electrical communication with the home wiring system. The home network module is adapted for connection to a home electronic device. The demarcation point unit passes data to and receives data from the home electronic device through the home network module.
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1. A home network formed from a plurality of network modules, the network modules communicating with each other using bursts having a plurality of burst types, the home network comprising: a network master module, said network master module selected from the plurality of network modules, said master
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A home network formed from a plurality of network modules, the network modules communicating with each other using bursts having a plurality of burst types, the home network comprising: a network master module, said network master module selected from the plurality of network modules, said master module adapted to produce a burst, the burst comprising: a preamble signifying a start of the burst and one of the plurality of burst types of the burst, the one of the plurality of burst types being determinable from at least a length of the preamble and a pattern of symbols in the preamble, wherein a first pattern of symbols in the preamble that corresponds to a first burst type of the plurality of burst types comprises a symbol sequence repeated a first number of times and a second pattern of symbols in the preamble that corresponds to a second burst type of the plurality of burst types comprises the symbol sequence repeated a second number of times that differs from the first number of times;a header providing at least one parameter for decoding the burst; anda data portion carrying variable sized packets; andwherein the network master module is further adapted to produce an allocation burst that allocates a transmission opportunity to each of the plurality of network modules to transmit bursts. 2. The home network of claim 1, wherein the symbols in the preamble periodically alternate in sign, wherein alternating signs of the symbols in the preamble comprise the pattern of the symbols in the preamble from which, with the length of the preamble, the one of the plurality of burst types of the burst is determinable. 3. The home network of claim 1, wherein the first number of times is a multiple of the second number of times. 4. The home network of claim 1, wherein the data portion carries at least one of DMT (Discrete Multitone) symbol data or QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation) symbol data. 5. A home network formed from a plurality of network modules, the network modules communicating with each other using bursts having a plurality of burst types, the home network comprising: a network master module, said master module selected from the plurality of network modules, said network master module adapted to produce a burst, the burst comprising: a preamble signifying a start of the burst, a pattern of symbols in the preamble being indicative of one of the plurality of burst types that corresponds to the burst, wherein a first pattern of symbols in the preamble that corresponds to a first burst type of the plurality of burst types comprises a symbol sequence repeated a first number of times and a second pattern of symbols in the preamble that corresponds to a second burst type of the plurality of burst types comprises the symbol sequence repeated a second number of times;a header providing at least one parameter for decoding the burst; anda data portion carrying data; andwherein the network master module is further adapted to produce an allocation burst that allocates a transmission opportunity to each of the plurality of network modules to transmit bursts. 6. The home network of claim 5, wherein the symbols in the preamble periodically alternate in sign, wherein alternating signs of the symbols in the preamble comprise the pattern of the symbols in the preamble that, with a length of the preamble, is indicative of the one of the plurality of burst types that corresponds to the burst. 7. The home network of claim 5, wherein the allocation burst that allocates a transmission opportunity depends at least in part on an amount of data ready for transmission in a selected transmission cycle. 8. The home network of claim 5, further comprising a synchronization burst that synchronizes the modules to a predetermined burst transmitted by one of the modules. 9. The home network of claim 5, wherein the data portion is variable sized. 10. The home network of claim 5, wherein the data carried by the data portion comprises DMT (Discrete Multitone) symbol data. 11. A method for communicating in a network, the method comprising: selecting a master module for a network from a plurality of network modules of the network;wherein the master module is adapted to produce a burst, the burst adapted to: signify a start of the burst with a preamble, the burst having one of a plurality of burst types that is indicated by at least a length of the preamble of the burst and a pattern of symbols in the preamble of the burst, wherein a first pattern of symbols in the preamble that corresponds to a first burst type of the plurality of burst types comprises a symbol repeated a first number of times and a second pattern of symbols in the preamble that corresponds to a second burst type of the plurality of burst types comprises the symbol repeated a second number of times;include in a header of the burst at least one parameter for decoding the burst; andcarry data in a data portion of the burst; andwherein the master module is further adapted to produce an allocation burst that allocates a transmission opportunity to each of the plurality of network modules to transmit bursts. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the symbols in the preamble periodically alternate in sign, and alternating signs of the symbols in the preamble comprise the pattern of the symbols in the preamble that, with the length of the preamble, indicate the one of the plurality of burst types of the burst. 13. The method of claim 11, wherein the data portion is variable sized. 14. The method of claim 11, wherein the data carried by the burst comprises QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation) symbol data. 15. A method for communicating, the method comprising: selecting a master module from a plurality of network modules;using the master module to generate a burst, the burst comprising: a burst preamble, the burst preamble signifying a start of a burst and having a periodic portion, one of a plurality of burst types that corresponds to the burst being indicated by at least a pattern of symbols in the periodic portion of the burst preamble, wherein a first pattern of symbols in the preamble that corresponds to a first burst type of the plurality of burst types comprises a sequence repeated a first number of times and a second pattern of symbols in the preamble that corresponds to a second burst type of the plurality of burst types comprises the sequence repeated a second number of times;a burst header, the burst header providing at least one parameter for decoding the burst; anda data portion of the burst for carrying data; andwherein the master module is further adapted to produce an allocation burst that allocates a transmission opportunity to each of the plurality of network modules to transmit bursts. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the symbols in the periodic portion of the preamble alternate in sign, and alternating signs of the symbols in the periodic portion of the preamble comprise the pattern of the symbols in the periodic portion of the preamble that indicates, with a length of the periodic portion of the preamble, the one of the plurality of burst types that corresponds to the burst. 17. The method of claim 15, wherein the allocation burst that allocates a transmission opportunity depends at least in part on an amount of data ready for transmission in a selected transmission cycle. 18. The method of claim 15, further comprising synchronizing the modules using a predetermined burst transmitted by one of the modules. 19. The method of claim 15, wherein the data portion of the burst comprises variable sized packets. 20. The method of claim 15, wherein the data carried by the data portion comprises orthogonal function-division multiplexing symbol data.
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