Apparatus and method of displaying power line communication channel information
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1. An apparatus for displaying power line communication (PLC) channel information, comprising:
- a channel information determining unit which performs channel estimation of a PLC channel, and, based on the channel estimation, determines channel information on the PLC channel including a bandwidth of the PLC channel between two points which is available for a user in a PLC network including the PLC channel; and
a channel information displaying unit which displays the channel information to the user,wherein the channel estimation is performed before installing PLC devices on the two points.
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Abstract
Provided is an apparatus and method of displaying power line communication (PLC) channel information. The apparatus for displaying PLC channel information includes a channel information determining unit which performs channel estimation of a PLC channel, and, based on the channel estimation, determines channel information on the PLC channel including a bandwidth of the PLC channel which is available for a user in a PLC network; and a channel information displaying unit which displays the channel information to the user.
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1. An apparatus for displaying power line communication (PLC) channel information, comprising:
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a channel information determining unit which performs channel estimation of a PLC channel, and, based on the channel estimation, determines channel information on the PLC channel including a bandwidth of the PLC channel between two points which is available for a user in a PLC network including the PLC channel; and a channel information displaying unit which displays the channel information to the user, wherein the channel estimation is performed before installing PLC devices on the two points. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 18)
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9. A method of displaying power line communication (PLC) channel information, comprising:
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performing channel estimation of a PLC channel, and determining, based on the channel estimation, channel information on the PLC channel including a bandwidth of the PLC channel between two points which is available for a user in a PLC network including the PLC channel, using a channel information determination unit; and displaying the channel information to the user, using a channel information displaying unit, wherein the channel estimation is performed before installing PLC devices on the two points. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19)
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17. A computer-readable medium having recorded thereon a computer program for executing a method of displaying power line communication (PLC) channel information, comprising:
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performing PLC channel estimation and determining channel information including a bandwidth between two points which is available for a user in a power line communication network; and displaying the channel information to the user, wherein the channel estimation is performed before installing PLC devices on the two points.
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20. A method of constituting a power line communication (PLC) network comprising a PLC channel between two points in the PLC network, the method comprising:
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performing channel estimation of the PLC channel, and determining channel information on the PLC channel including a bandwidth of the PLC channel which is available for PLC between the two points, using a channel information determination unit; and installing two PLC network devices on the PLC channel based on the determined channel information, wherein the channel estimation is performed before installing PLC devices on the two points.
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