Access pointer for interconnecting power line communication network and wireless network and method therefor
AssigneeElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
InventorsHyung Kyu Lee, Jong Wook Han, Jong Soo Jang, Sung Won Sohn
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Abstract
An access pointer for interconnecting a power line communication (PLC) network of a home network and a wireless network and a method therefor are provided. When data is received from the PLC network through media access control of a data link layer, data on upper layers above a network layer in the received data is converted into a format suitable to a wireless network layer. The converted data is transmitted to the wireless network through the media access control of the data link layer. Accordingly, the PLC network and the wireless network are easily interconnected.
Claims7
An access pointer for interconnecting a power line communication (PLC) network and a wireless network, the access pointer comprising:
- a PLC module transmitting and receiving data to and from the PLC network through media access control of a data link layer;
- a wireless communication module transmitting and receiving data to and from the wireless network through media access control of a data link layer;
- a conversion gateway converting data on upper layers above a network layer among the data received through the PLC module into a format suitable for a wireless network layer, outputting the converted data to the wireless communication module, converting data on upper layers above the network layer among the data received through the wireless communication module into a format suitable for a PLC network layer, and outputting the converted data to the PLC module;
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- a wireless terminal address table storm a PLC network address for a wireless terminal to communicate with the PLC network;
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- a PLC terminal address table storing a wireless network IP address for a PLC terminal to communicate with the wireless network.
A method of interconnecting a power line communication (PLC) network and a wireless network, the method comprising:
- receiving data from the PLC network through media access control of a data link layer;
- converting data on upper layers above a network layer in the received data into a format suitable to a wireless network layer;
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- transmitting the converted data to the wireless network through the media access control of the data link layer, by using a PLC terminal address table storing a wireless network IP address for a PLC terminal to communicate with the wireless network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.