System and Method for Repeater in a Power Line Network
First Claim
1. A method for power line communication network, the method comprising:
- providing a virtual local area network (VLAN), the VLAN including at least a repeater, a client, and a gateway, the VLAN being associated with a network encryption key, the repeater being associated with a first identification, the client being associated with a second identification, the gateway being associated with a third identification, the first identification and the third identification being a service identification type, the second identification being a client identification type;
providing a power line network, the power line network being configured to transmit data through OFDM signaling;
sending a first data packet in first format from the client through the power line network;
receiving the first data packet by the repeater through the power line network at through a first network interface;
converting the first data packet from the first format to a second format by a power line module of the repeater;
processing the first data packet by a network processor of the repeater;
determining at least routing information based at least on the second identification by the network processor;
updating the first data packet by the network processor;
converting the processed first data packet from the second format to the first format;
sending the processed first data packet to the power line network through the first network interface; and
receiving the processed first data packet by the gateway.
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Abstract
System and method for repeater in a power line network. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a method for power line communication network. The method includes providing a virtual local area network (VLAN), which VLAN includes at least a repeater, a client, and a gateway. The VLAN is associated with a network encryption key. The repeater is associated with a first identification. The client is associated with a second identification. The gateway is associated with a third identification. The first identification and the third identification are a service identification type. The second identification is a client identification type. The method also includes providing a power line network that is configured to transmit data through OFDM signaling. The method includes sending a first data packet in first format from the client through the power line network. The method additionally includes receiving the first data packet by the repeater through the power line network at through a first network interface.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for power line communication network, the method comprising:
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providing a virtual local area network (VLAN), the VLAN including at least a repeater, a client, and a gateway, the VLAN being associated with a network encryption key, the repeater being associated with a first identification, the client being associated with a second identification, the gateway being associated with a third identification, the first identification and the third identification being a service identification type, the second identification being a client identification type; providing a power line network, the power line network being configured to transmit data through OFDM signaling; sending a first data packet in first format from the client through the power line network; receiving the first data packet by the repeater through the power line network at through a first network interface; converting the first data packet from the first format to a second format by a power line module of the repeater; processing the first data packet by a network processor of the repeater; determining at least routing information based at least on the second identification by the network processor; updating the first data packet by the network processor; converting the processed first data packet from the second format to the first format; sending the processed first data packet to the power line network through the first network interface; and receiving the processed first data packet by the gateway. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for a repeater in a power line network, the system comprising:
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a coupler being coupled to a power line network, the power line network including a virtual local area network (VLAN), the VLAN being associated with a first network encryption key, the system being associated with a first identification, the first identification being associated with a service identification type; an analog front end module being adapted to receive and send a first data packet in a first format, the first format comprising an orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) format, the analog front end module being coupled to the coupler, the first data including a first segment and a second segment, the first segment including a second identification, the second identification being associated with a client identification type; a power line module being configured to receive and convert the first data packet from the analog front end from the first format to a second format, and further being configured to convert a second data packet from the second format into a second format, the power line module being adapted to send a second data packet, the second data packet being associated with a third identification; a network processor being configured to process the first data packet in the second format, the network processor being adapted to determine routing information based at least on the second identification, the network processor further being adapted to update the second segment to include information associated with the first identification. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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