Home appliances network
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1. A home appliance network comprising:
- a telephone communication network for communicating with a remote access device;
an AC power line network connected to power line communication devices via device adapters;
a power line communication interface configured to convert between application layer power line communication frames and physical layer power line network communication frames, the application layer power line communication frames communicated between the remote access device and the power line communication interface on the telephone communication network and the physical layer power line network communication frames communicated between the power line communication interface and the device adapters on the power line network.
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Abstract
A network enables remote users to communicate with, and to control a variety of devices whose only electrical connection is to a power line network. In hybrid networks, communications between different network domains is only available if proper message mapping is done. Message mapping leads to the determination of correct frame conversion based on the specifications of protocols identifying different networks. This invention comprises a method that does bi-directional conversion between application level information entered into the remote access device by the user and related physical layer power line communications frames.
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8 Claims
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1. A home appliance network comprising:
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a telephone communication network for communicating with a remote access device;
an AC power line network connected to power line communication devices via device adapters;
a power line communication interface configured to convert between application layer power line communication frames and physical layer power line network communication frames, the application layer power line communication frames communicated between the remote access device and the power line communication interface on the telephone communication network and the physical layer power line network communication frames communicated between the power line communication interface and the device adapters on the power line network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 7, 8)
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