Power line communication system and method of operating the same
First Claim
1. A method of using a computer system to operate a communication system for communicating data of an electrical power distribution network (EPDN) having a plurality medium voltage power lines and low voltage power lines, and wherein the communication system includes a plurality of network elements, with each network element having a first port coupled to a different low voltage power line of the EPDN at a different location, the method comprising:
- storing network element information for each of a multitude of the plurality of network elements in a memory;
wherein said network element information comprises an address and information identifying the network element;
transmitting a request to one or more network elements for low voltage parameter data comprising data of a measurement of a parameter of a low voltage power line to which the network element is coupled;
in response to said transmitting, receiving low voltage parameter data from the one or more network elements;
receiving an out of limit notification from one of said plurality of network elements;
wherein the out of limit notification indicates that a parameter of the power carried by a low voltage power line has been measured by the one network element to be beyond a first threshold value; and
storing the out of limit notification in memory.
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Abstract
A system for operating a power line communications system is provided. One embodiment is comprised of a plurality of network elements, which may take the form of repeaters, bypass devices, backhaul devices, wireless backhaul devices, enhanced bypass device, communication interface devices and others. In one embodiment, two groups of network elements in the same electrical distribution system are isolated except selected communication link. The network elements respond to requests for data and send out of limit notifications to a remote computer.
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31 Claims
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1. A method of using a computer system to operate a communication system for communicating data of an electrical power distribution network (EPDN) having a plurality medium voltage power lines and low voltage power lines, and wherein the communication system includes a plurality of network elements, with each network element having a first port coupled to a different low voltage power line of the EPDN at a different location, the method comprising:
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storing network element information for each of a multitude of the plurality of network elements in a memory; wherein said network element information comprises an address and information identifying the network element; transmitting a request to one or more network elements for low voltage parameter data comprising data of a measurement of a parameter of a low voltage power line to which the network element is coupled; in response to said transmitting, receiving low voltage parameter data from the one or more network elements; receiving an out of limit notification from one of said plurality of network elements; wherein the out of limit notification indicates that a parameter of the power carried by a low voltage power line has been measured by the one network element to be beyond a first threshold value; and storing the out of limit notification in memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of using a computer system to operate a communication system for communicating data of an electrical power distribution network (EPDN) having a plurality medium voltage power lines and low voltage power lines, and wherein the communication system includes a plurality of network elements, with each network element having a first port coupled to a different low voltage power line of the EPDN at a different location, the method comprising:
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storing network element information for each of a multitude of the plurality of network elements in a memory; wherein said network element information comprises an address and information identifying the network element; receiving a plurality of out of limit notifications from a multitude of the plurality of network elements; wherein each notification of a first set of the plurality of out of limit notifications indicates that a voltage of the power carried by a low voltage power line has been measured, by the network element sending the notification, to be beyond a first threshold value; and wherein each notification of a second set of the out of limit notifications indicates that a current carried by a low voltage power line has been measured, by the network element sending the notification, to be beyond a second threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of using a computer system to operate a communication system for communicating data of an electrical power distribution network (EPDN) having a plurality medium voltage power lines and low voltage power lines, and wherein the communication system includes a plurality of network elements, with each network element having a first port coupled to a different low voltage power line of the EPDN at a different location, the method comprising:
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storing network element information for each of a multitude of the plurality of network elements in a memory; wherein said network element information comprises an address and information identifying the network element; receiving an out of limit notification from a first network element; and wherein the out of limit notification indicates that a voltage of the power carried by a low voltage power line has been measured, by the first network element, to be beyond a first threshold value.
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31. A method of using a computer system to operate a communication system for communicating data of an electrical power distribution network (EPDN) having a plurality medium voltage power lines and low voltage power lines, and wherein the communication system includes a plurality of network elements, with each network element having a first port coupled to a different low voltage power line of the EPDN at a different location, the method comprising:
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storing network element information for each of a multitude of the plurality of network elements in a memory; wherein said network element information comprises an address and information identifying the network element; receiving an out of limit notification from a first network element; and wherein the out of limit notification indicates that a current carried by a low voltage power line has been measured, by the first network element, to be beyond a first threshold value.
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