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US 10,474,223 B2Granted
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for powerline communication
AssigneeEchelon Corporation
InventorsJohn G. Waclawsky, Sohrab Modi
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for improved powerline communication (PLC) are described. In one embodiment, a system comprises power down hardware coupled to internal wiring of a premises to selectively power down a portion of the internal wiring on request, and at least one hardware device to transmit a request to the power down hardware to selectively power down a portion of the internal wiring on request and to transmit data using power line communication hardware of the at least one hardware device while the portion of the internal wiring is powered down.
Claims7
A system comprising:
- power down hardware coupled to internal wiring of a premises to selectively power down a portion of the internal wiring on request;
- wherein the power down hardware to include a sensor to sense noise on the internal wiring;
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- at least one hardware device to transmit a request to the power down hardware to selectively power down a portion of the internal wiring on request in response to noise in the internal wiring and to transmit data using power line communication hardware of the at least one hardware device while the portion of the internal wiring is powered down, wherein the at least one hardware device to include a power source to power the power line communication hardware while the portion of internal wiring is powered down.
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