Lowering transmission power responsive to broadcast radio transmissions

An apparatus for communicating via a powerline communication (PLC) network, the apparatus comprising:

• a transmitter to transmit, via a PLC medium, a signal having at least a first carrier frequency associated with a transmission power setting;
• a transmission power controller configured to:
• detect a broadcast radio transmission;
• lower the transmission power setting associated with the first carrier frequency from a first power level to a second power level that is lower than the first power level in response to detection of the broadcast radio transmission;
• and
• transmit, via the PLC medium, the signal having at least the first carrier frequency at the second power level.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor causes the processor to perform operations that comprise:

• transmitting, via a powerline communication (PLC) medium, a signal having at least a first carrier frequency associated with a transmission power setting;
• detecting a broadcast radio transmission;
• lowering the transmission power setting associated with the first carrier frequency from a first power level to a second power level that is lower than the first power level in response to detecting the broadcast radio transmission;
• and
• transmitting, via the PLC medium, the signal having at least the first carrier frequency at the second power level during a time period associated with the broadcast radio transmission.

A method for communicating via a powerline communication (PLC) medium, the method comprising:

• determining channel conditions associated with a plurality of carrier frequencies on the PLC medium;
• detecting a broadcast radio transmission associated with at least one of the plurality of carrier frequencies;
• lowering transmission power levels of a subset of the plurality of carrier frequencies based at least in part on the channel conditions and in response to detecting the broadcast radio transmission;
• and
• transmitting, via the PLC medium, a signal having the plurality of carrier frequencies utilizing the lowered transmission power levels during a time period associated with the broadcast radio transmission.