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Home phone line network architecture

  • US 6,868,072 B1
  • Filed: 03/15/2000
  • Issued: 03/15/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/19/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for establishing a plurality of logical networks over a common unshielded twisted pair communication medium, comprising:

  • a first frequency band associated with a first communication protocol;

    a second frequency band associated with a second communication protocol;

    a first pair of bidirectional communication nodes;

    a second pair of bidirectional communication nodes, each node of both the first and second pairs having a first physical layer device configured to operate in accordance with the first communication protocol and a second physical layer device configured to operate in accordance with the second communication protocol; and

    wherein the first pair of nodes communicates with one another through their respective first physical layer devices over the first frequency band, and wherein the second pair of nodes simultaneously communicates with one another through their respective second physical layer devices over the second frequency band.

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