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US 2004/0174851 A1Published application
Dual purpose power line modem
OwnerYeshayahu Zalitzky, Ofir Efratiinventors
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Abstract
A modem which includes an application interface for receiving packets to be transmitted on an electrical power network, a network interface connecting the modem to the electric power network, at least one media access control (MAC) unit adapted to perform MAC layer tasks in accordance with at least two different MAC protocols, on packets received from the application interface, and at least one physical layer unit adapted to transmit packets from the at least one MAC unit onto the electric power network, through the network interface, in a same frequency band.
Claims16
A modem, comprising:
- an application interface for receiving packets to be transmitted on an electrical power network;
- a network interface connecting the modem to the electric power network;
- at least one media access control (MAC) unit adapted to perform MAC layer tasks in accordance with at least two different MAC protocols, on packets received from the application interface;
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- at least one physical layer unit adapted to transmit packets from the at least one MAC unit onto the electric power network, through the network interface, in a same frequency band.
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