Powerline Communication Network Handoff
First Claim
1. A system for handoff [using a power line communication network, wherein said system] comprising:
- a. [At least one untethered device with an ability to wirelessly communicate; and
]b. At least one tethered device with [an ability to wirelessly communicate and an ability to communicate using a] power line communication circuitry [system;
], and c. A means to perform a handoff, whereby an untethered device is handed off from a first base station to a second base station. [said untethered device from said tethered device to at least one communication network, or from said communication network to said tethered device, or from said communication network and at least one mesh communication network connected to said power line communication system.]
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Abstract
This patent relates to the handoff of an untethered device (493) connected to a tethered device (495) communicating on a power line communication (PLC) network (499) to another device communicating on a PLC network or communicating with a conventional communication network or communicated on a mesh communication network. An additional embodiment of the present invention is the bridging (662) of a first communication network (660) over a PLC network to a second communication network (664) and the switching into or out of a PLC network between two communication networks bridged through a device connected to a PLC network (499) such that the first communication network (660) or second communication network (664) disconnects from the PLC network while a third communication network (665) connects to the PLC network (499).
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28 Claims
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1. A system for handoff [using a power line communication network, wherein said system] comprising:
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a. [At least one untethered device with an ability to wirelessly communicate; and
]b. At least one tethered device with [an ability to wirelessly communicate and an ability to communicate using a] power line communication circuitry [system;
], andc. A means to perform a handoff, whereby an untethered device is handed off from a first base station to a second base station. [said untethered device from said tethered device to at least one communication network, or from said communication network to said tethered device, or from said communication network and at least one mesh communication network connected to said power line communication system.] - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 27, 28)
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15. A [system for switching using a power line] communication switch [network, wherein said system] comprising:
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a. [A] abridge [device] with [the ability to communicate over a] power line communication [network with at least one first communication network linked into said bridge device and with at least one second communication network linked out of said bridge device;
] circuitry, andb. [A] a means for switching. [to switch in to the front end of said power line communication network from said first communication network to at least one third communication network using said bridge device or a means to switch out of the back end of said power line communication network from said second communication network to at least one fourth communication network using said bridge device or a means to switch in to the front end and out of the back end of said power line communication network from said first communication network to at least one third communication network into said bridge device and from said second communication network to at least one fourth communication network out of said bridge device.] - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22)
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20. [A method for power line communication system handoff comprising:
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a. A means for determining positioning or signal power of all untethered devices and tethered devices within wireless range; and
b. A means for varying or keeping constant the signal power output of all untethered devices in proportion to positioning or received signal power between each untethered device and farthest device within wireless range; and
c. A means for varying or keeping constant the signal power output of all tethered devices in proportion to positioning or received signal power between each tethered device and farthest device within wireless range to create a new first cell with new wireless radius that may or may not overlap with a second cell; and
d. A means for evaluating if the positioning or received signal power of an untethered device is more optimally connected to a power line communication network, a communication network, a mesh communication network connected to a power line communication system, or a tethered device; and
e. A means for communicating through said power line communication network, or through said communication network, or through wireless communication to analyze said tethered device'"'"'s or said communication network'"'"'s or said mesh communication network'"'"'s position or received signal power from said untethered device, and the capacity of said tethered device or said communication network or said mesh communication network to connect to said untethered device; and
f. A means to handoff said untethered device between said tethered device within said first cell to said communication network within said first cell or said second cell such that said untethered device disconnects from said tethered device while said untethered device connects to said communication network, or between said communication network within said first or said second cell to said tethered device within said first cell such that said untethered device disconnects from said communication network while said untethered device connects to said tethered device, or between said communication network within said first cell or said second cell and said mesh communication network connected to said power line communication system within said first cell or said second cell such that said untethered device disconnects from the said communication network while said untethered device connects to said mesh communication network.]
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23. A device for handoff comprising:
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a. a communication circuitry, b. a physical interface, wherein said physical interface is a photo detector socket, and c. a means to perform a handoff using said communication circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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