TRACTOR TRAILER DATA COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD
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1. An apparatus for data communication between a coupled tractor and trailer and a remote terminal comprising:
- a power line carrier system coupled to at least one power conductor coupled between a tractor and a trailer for communicating data signals over the at least one power conductor between the tractor and the trailer; and
a mobile communication terminal carried on one of the tractor and the trailer for wirelessly communicating data carried by the power line carrier system to the remote terminal, the mobile communication terminal including a cellular data transceiver for communicating via a cellular data network and a BlueTooth wireless transceiver coupled to at least one power conductor for wirelessly communicating data signals to the cellular data transceiver.
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Abstract
A tractor-trailer PLC apparatus has a BlueTooth RF transceiver coupled to a PLC reader or gateway to communicate PLC data from the tractor and/or trailer through an antenna to a cellular data transceiver in the tractor or trailer for remote communication to an external computer based system.
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1. An apparatus for data communication between a coupled tractor and trailer and a remote terminal comprising:
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a power line carrier system coupled to at least one power conductor coupled between a tractor and a trailer for communicating data signals over the at least one power conductor between the tractor and the trailer; and a mobile communication terminal carried on one of the tractor and the trailer for wirelessly communicating data carried by the power line carrier system to the remote terminal, the mobile communication terminal including a cellular data transceiver for communicating via a cellular data network and a BlueTooth wireless transceiver coupled to at least one power conductor for wirelessly communicating data signals to the cellular data transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for communicating data carried on a tractor-trailer PLC communication system and a remote computer terminal comprising the step of:
coupling a BlueTooth transceiver to a tractor-trailer PLC system for wirelessly communicating PLC data signals to a cellular data transceiver in one of the tractor and trailer. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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