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US 2011/0235536 A1Published application
Communication repeater and communication system
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorNaoki NISHIZAKA
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Abstract
A communication repeater comprises a transmitting and receiving that performs wireless communication with a communication device, a power-line carrier communication unit that performs power-line carrier communication with the communication device, and a control unit. The control unit selects either one of the wireless communication and the power-line carrier communication according to conditions.
Claims8
A communication repeater, comprising:
- a transmitting and receiving unit that transmits and receives a communication signal to/from a communication device and a base station with wireless communication;
- a modem unit for modulating and demodulating the communication signal to a power line;
- a power supply unit connected to a power line of a commercial power supply;
- a power-line carrier communication unit that transmits and receives a communication signal superimposed on a carrier transmitted over the power line from/to the communication device;
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- a control unit that controls wireless communication of the transmitting and receiving unit with the communication device and power-line carrier communication of the power-line carrier communication unit with the communication device.
3 more elements
A communication system for transmitting and receiving a communication signal between a base station and a mobile communication device, comprising:
- a communication repeater that transmits and receives the communication signal from/to the base station with wireless communication;
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- a power converter that transmits and receives the communication signal from/to the communication repeater with power-line carrier communication and transmits and receives the communication signal from/to the mobile communication device with power-line carrier communication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.