Data transmission system and data transmission method

• US 20060170285A1
• Filed: 01/11/2006
• Published: 08/03/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Kurobe, Akio, Maeda, Tetsuhiro, Morimitsu, Kazuya, Ubukata, Makoto, Kiba, Masao
• Application Number:
  US11/329,840
• Publication Number:
  US 20060170285A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/3
• CPC Class Codes: B61L 15/0036 Conductor-based, e.g. using CAN-Bus, train-line or optical fibres
• CPC Class Codes: B61L 15/0045 Destination indicators, identification panels or distinguishing signs on the vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B61L 15/0072 On-board train data handling
• CPC Class Codes: B61L 15/009 On-board display devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2203/547 via DC power distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/548 the power on the line being DC arrangements for feeding power H04L12/10; extracting feeding power from signals H04L25/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/40293 the transportation system being a train

Abstract

The present invention includes an electric wire laid in cars, a PLC modem connected with each electric wire and a terminal connected with each PLC modem. The terminal can communicate through the electric wire by using the PLC modem. When the cars are coupled with each other, the electric wires are electrically connected with each other and a new address is allocated to a control unit which has a unique address provided for each terminal.

Claims

1. A data transmission system comprising:

an electric wire provided in a car;

a PLC modem connected with said electric wire; and

a terminal connected with said PLC modem;

wherein said terminal can communicate through said electric wire by using said PLC modem.

2. The data transmission system according to claim 1,

wherein said system comprises a plurality of said cars, a plurality of said PLC modems and a plurality of said terminals;

further comprising a control unit with a unique address, provided for each of said terminals; and

wherein, when said cars are coupled with each other, said electric wires are electrically connected with each other and a new address is allocated to each of said control units.

3. The data transmission system according to claim 2, wherein, when said cars are coupled with each other, said new address is automatically allocated to each of said control units by making any one of said control units as a master and the other control units as slaves according to a predetermined rule.

4. The data transmission system according to claim 2, wherein, when said cars are coupled with each other, a predetermined particular control unit assumes a server function and automatically allocates a new address to each of the other control units.

5. The data transmission system according to claim 2, wherein electrical connection between said electric wires in said plurality of cars is automatically completed.

6. A data transmission system comprising:

a line made of at least a single system of metal line provided in separated plural rooms;

two or more terminals of providing an image and audio information service for said rooms; and

a converting adapter connected between said line and said terminals;

wherein said converting adapter modulates data into digital signals as electronic signals, sends the digital signals through said line when said data is sent from said terminals; and

demodulates said digital signals and distributes said data to said terminals when said data is received.

7. The data transmission system according to claim 6, wherein said line is an electric wire laid in each car of a railway.

8. The data transmission system according to claim 6, wherein said separated rooms are railway cars.

9. The data transmission system according to claim 6, wherein said converting adapter is a PLC (Power Line Communications) modem.

10. The data transmission system according to claim 6, further comprising:

a converter of converting or inverting plural systems of signals into a single system of signals;

a PLC modem;

a connecting section of connecting said converter and said plural systems of signals.

11. The data transmission system according to claim 9, comprising:

the line including a communication line, a control line and an electric wire;

the PLC modem of superimposing a signal on said electric wire of said line; and

a connecting section of connecting said electric wire of said line and an electric wire of the other car through which a PLC signal flows.

12. The data transmission system according to claim 9, further comprising:

a PLC wireless signal converter connected to a line through which a PLC signal flows;

wherein said PLC wireless signal converter separates a superimposed PLC signal and converts the PLC signal into wireless waves, or to the contrary receives wireless waves, converts the wireless waves into a PLC signal and superimposes the PLC signal on the line; and

an antenna of sending and receiving a wireless wave.

13. The data transmission system according to claim 9, further comprising a wireless access point connected with said PLC modem, wherein said wireless access point relays between a wireless communication device and said PLC modem.

14. A data transmission system in a transporting vehicle comprising:

a plurality of transmitting units; and

a plurality of receiving units corresponding to said plurality of transmitting units, respectively;

wherein a first communication between a transmitting unit and a receiving unit corresponding to said transmitting unit is performed by using a frequency different from that of a second communication and by at least partially using the same cable, the second communication being between another transmitting unit and a receiving unit corresponding to said other transmitting unit.

15. The data transmission system according to claim 14, wherein

said same cable is a laid line made of a metal line;

said second communication is a predetermined communication using said laid line;

said first communication is a communication using a plurality of carrier frequencies through said laid line; and

a modem for a first communication is provided between said transmitting unit and said laid line and between said receiving unit corresponding to said transmitting unit and said laid line.

16. The data transmission system according to claim 15,

wherein said first communication is a PLC communication (Power Line Communications);

and

wherein a modem for said first communication is a PLC modem.

17. The data transmission system according to claim 16,

wherein said second communication is a E1 communication;

wherein said other transmitting unit and said receiving unit corresponding to said other transmitting unit are respectively connected with said laid line via a low-pass filter of reducing frequency bands used for a PLC communication; and

wherein each of said PLC modems is connected with said laid line via a high-pass filter of reducing frequency bands used for a E1 communication.

18. The data transmission system according to claim 16,

wherein said second communication is an E1 communication;

and

wherein said PLC communication is performed by using frequency bands unused for said E1 communication.

19. The data transmission system according to claim 16, wherein said PLC modem connected with said transmitting unit determines frequency bands used for said second communication based on information of a header part of packet data received in said PLC communication, then performs said PLC communication by using frequency bands other than said bands used for said second communication.

20. The data transmission system according to claim 15, wherein said first communication is performed by using predetermined frequency bands except for fixed bands used for said second communication.

21. The data transmission system according to claim 15, wherein said second communication is performed by using frequency bands unused for said first communication.

22. The data transmission system according to claim 14, wherein said same cable is a laid line made of a metal line;

wherein said second communication is an analog audio communication using said laid line;

wherein said first communication is a communication of transmitting over a plurality of modulated carrier frequencies using said laid line; and

wherein a modem for a first communication is provided between said transmitting unit and said laid line and between said receiving unit corresponding to said transmitting unit and said laid line, respectively.

23. A data transmission system comprising:

a plurality of transmitting units;

a plurality of receiving units corresponding to said plurality of transmitting units respectively;

the same cable to which all of said plurality of transmitting units and said plurality of receiving units are connected;

a modem provided between a transmitting unit and said same cable; and

another modem provided between a receiving unit corresponding to said transmitting unit and said same cable; and

wherein a first communication between said transmitting unit and said receiving unit corresponding to said transmitting unit is performed by using frequency bands other than a plurality of discontinuous bands used for a second communication between an other transmitting unit and a receiving unit corresponding to said other transmitting unit.

24. The data transmission system according to claim 23, wherein said bands used by said first communication is predetermined bands except for fixed bands used for said second communication.

25. A data transmission method in a transporting vehicle,

wherein a first communication between a transmitting unit and a receiving unit corresponding to said transmitting unit is performed by using a frequency different from that of a second communication and by at least partially using the same cable, the second communication being between another transmitting unit and a receiving unit corresponding to said other transmitting unit.

26. A data transmission method comprising:

a plurality of transmitting units;

a plurality of receiving units corresponding to said plurality of transmitting units respectively;

the same cable to which all of said plurality of transmitting units and said plurality of receiving units are connected;

a modem provided between a transmitting unit and said same cable; and

another modem provided between a receiving unit corresponding to said transmitting unit and said same cable;

wherein a first communication between said transmitting unit and said receiving unit corresponding to said transmitting unit is performed by using frequency bands other than a plurality of discontinuous bands used for a second communication between another transmitting unit and the receiving unit corresponding to said other transmitting unit.