Avoidance of Collisions and Connection Loss in Network Device Serving Multiple Networks

A device for operating on multiple networks, comprising:

• a transmitter and receiver configured for coupling to the multiple networks;
• processing logic coupled to the transmitter and receiver, in which the processing logic is operable to decode signals received by the receiver, in which the device is assigned a first periodic time slot for performing transactions on a first network, in which a first interval time is specified as a time between each one of the first periodic time slots based on a first reference clock, and in which the device is assigned a second periodic time slot for performing transactions on a second network, in which a second interval time is specified as a time between each one of the second periodic time slots based on a second reference clock, in which the first reference clock and the second reference clock have a relative drift rate;
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• in which the processing logic is configured to determine that one of the first periodic time slots has or soon will collide with one of the second periodic time slots by processing time stamps for events received by the receiver on the first network and on the second network, and to request a shift of either the first periodic time slots or the second periodic time slots by a time shift amount to avoid a collision between the first periodic time slots and the second periodic time slots.