Data communication over a power line
First Claim
1. A system for communicating over a power line having a voltage greater than one thousand volts, the power line forming part of a power distribution system that supplies power to a plurality of customer premises via a plurality of external low voltage power lines, the system comprising:
- a first device comprising;
a coupler configured to couple data to and from the power line;
a first modem configured to communicate data over the power line via said coupler; and
a wireless transceiver communicatively coupled to said first modem and configured to wirelessly communicate with a plurality of utility devices disposed at a plurality of customer premises thereby bypassing the external low voltage power lines.
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Abstract
Data signals are communicated between a power line and a computer, wherein the power line provides power to the computer via a distribution transformer and the computer is in communication with a wireless communication path. A first data signal is communicated with the power line. A conversion is made between the first data signal and a second data signal capable of being communicated wirelessly. The second data signal is wirelessly communicated with the wireless communication path.
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1. A system for communicating over a power line having a voltage greater than one thousand volts, the power line forming part of a power distribution system that supplies power to a plurality of customer premises via a plurality of external low voltage power lines, the system comprising:
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a first device comprising; a coupler configured to couple data to and from the power line; a first modem configured to communicate data over the power line via said coupler; and a wireless transceiver communicatively coupled to said first modem and configured to wirelessly communicate with a plurality of utility devices disposed at a plurality of customer premises thereby bypassing the external low voltage power lines. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of communicating data over a power line having a voltage greater than one thousand volts, the power line forming part of a power distribution system that supplies power to a plurality of customer premises via a plurality of external low voltage power lines, the method comprising:
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receiving first data in a first data signal from the power line; demodulating the first data signal; wirelessly transmitting the first data to a utility device disposed at a customer premises thereby bypassing the external low voltage power lines; wirelessly receiving second data from a utility device disposed at a customer premises to thereby bypass the external low voltage power line; modulating one or more carriers with the second data to form a second data signal; and coupling the second data signal onto the power line. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method of communicating data over a power line having a voltage greater than one thousand volts, the power line forming part of a power distribution system that supplies power to a plurality of customer premises via a plurality of external low voltage power lines, the method comprising:
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receiving a downstream data packet with first data from the power line; determining a destination the downstream data packet, wherein the destination includes one or more utility devices at one or more customer premises; and wirelessly transmitting the first data of the downstream data packet to the one or more utility devices thereby bypassing the external low voltage power lines. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A device for communicating over a power line having a voltage greater than one thousand volts, the power line forming part of a power distribution system that supplies power to a plurality of customer premises via a plurality of external low voltage power lines, the device comprising:
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a coupler configured to couple data to and from the power line; a first housing; first circuitry disposed in said first housing and configured to transmit and receive data over the power line via said coupler; a second housing; second circuitry disposed in said second housing and configured to wirelessly communicate with a plurality of remote utility meters, each of the pluralitv of remote utility meters configured to meter one of the plurality of customer premises; and wherein said first circuitry is communicatively coupled to said second circuitry via a data path. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
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