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System and method for communicating in a multi-unit structure

  • US 7,602,695 B2
  • Filed: 05/31/2006
  • Issued: 10/13/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of providing communications over a plurality of sets of twisted pair conductors connected to a plurality of communication devices located in a plurality of units of a multi-unit structure and wherein the plurality of sets of twisted pair conductors form a bundle, the method comprising:

  • providing a non-conductive coupler having a magnetically permeable toroid configured to extend around substantially the entire circumference of the bundle and at least one conductor that comprises a winding wound around said toroid;

    positioning the non-conductive coupler so that the toroid surrounds the plurality of sets of twisted pair conductors;

    coupling a data signal comprising a first data packet to the plurality of sets of twisted pair conductors via the non-conductive coupler, wherein the first data packet includes a destination address;

    receiving the first data packet at the plurality of communication devices;

    providing the first data to a user device at one of said plurality of communication devices; and

    discarding the first data at multiple communication devices among the plurality of receiving communication devices.

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