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AssigneeElectric Power Research Institute, Inc.
InventorsTimothy M. Croushore, William C. Guyker, Walter M. Curt, Glen K. Shomo, III, Chris F. Mullins, James M. Childers, IV
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An apparatus to establish bi-directional digital communication over a power line network includes a signal launching circuit to impose a digital communication signal onto a power signal carried by a power line network and thereby form a digital communication power signal at a first point in the power line network. The signal launching circuit is configured to position a pulse of the digital communication signal at any phase location of each half cycle of the power signal. A receiver reads the digital communication power signal at a second point in the power line network. A signal processor is connected to the receiver to recover the digital communication signal from the digital communication power signal.
An apparatus to establish digital communication over a power line network, comprising:
A method of establishing digital communication over a power line network, said method comprising the steps of:
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