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Network combining wired and non-wired segments

  • US 8,289,991 B2
  • Filed: 11/30/2009
  • Issued: 10/16/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A network for non-wired communication between first and second non-wired data units respectively located at first and second locations and communicating with each other over existing wiring in a building to concurrently carry a bi-directional packet-based wired digital data signal and a power signal, said network comprising:

  • a first device housed in a first single enclosure, said first device being connected at the first location to transmit and receive digital data over the wiring, said first device being a non-wired device communicatively couplable to exchange packet-based digital data over a non-wired medium with the first non-wired data unit, said first device further being operative to transmit to the wiring data received from the first non-wired data unit and to transmit to the first non-wired data unit digital data received from the wiring; and

    a second device housed in a second single enclosure, said second device being connected at the second location to transmit and receive digital data over the wiring, said second device being a non-wired device communicatively couplable to exchange packet-based digital data over a non-wired medium with the second non-wired data unit, said second device further being operative to transmit to the wiring data received from second non-wired data unit and to transmit to the second non-wired data unit digital data received from the wiring;

    wherein said network is operative to transparently and bi-directionally pass digital data between the first and second non-wired data units, and wherein said first device is at least in part powered from the power signal carried over the wiring.

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