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United States Patent US007280033B2 (12) (10) Patent No.: US 7,280,033 B2 Berkman et al. (45) Date of Patent: Oct. 9, 2007 (54) SURFACE WAVE…
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US 7,280,033 B2 Sheet 8 of 12 Oct. 9, 2007 U.S. Patent sesiwald 8 adn 614 Jawoysny oO] OU!] JOMOd abeyOA Mmo7 Jaydnoyg saepn Joyonpuo5 9uly…
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U.S. Patent Oct. 9, 2007 Sheet 9 of 12 US 7,280,033 B2 To Customer Premises Low Voltage Power Line ae Figure 9 Medium Voltage Power Line N
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U.S. Patent Medium Voltage Power Line Conductor Oct. 9, 2007 Sheet 10 of 12 Low Voltage -_— Power Line US 7,280,033 B2 To Customer Premises…
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U.S. Patent Oct. 9, 2007 Sheet 11 of 12 US 7,280,033 B2 go) N ze] a oO A —» ga — N NN o a 5 SS LL q N Phase C Phase B Phase A
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US 7,280,033 B2 Sheet 12 of 12 Oct. 9, 2007 U.S. Patent Z| ainbl+ adlnag jneyyor 902 eo1nag ineyyoeg q02 solved [neyyoeg e0/ 901Aaq…
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US 7,280,033 B2 1 SURFACE WAVE POWER LINE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims…
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US 7,280,033 B2 3 FIG. 8 is a diagram of an example embodiment of a wave coupler of an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 9 is a…
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US 7,280,033 B2 5 munication System and Method of Operating the Same,” filed Aug. 14, 2003, which hereby incorporated in its entirety by…
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US 7,280,033 B2 7 In any of the above embodiments, each CID may be configured to receive data signals in a different frequency range…
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US 7,280,033 B2 9 filters for the second frequency band. The output of BPF2 is supplied to a second amplifier (AMP2) that supplies the…
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US 7,280,033 B2 Page 2 5,933,071 5,977,650 5,982,276 6,037,678 6,040,759 6,151,330 6,160,795 6,278,357 6,281,784 6,282,405 6,317,031…
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US 7,280,033 B2 11 severe emission restrictions at these frequencies. Conse- quently, it may be necessary to employ an antenna enclosure…
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US 7,280,033 B2 13 a collection of information and may include information relating to which interface (e.g., LVI or MVI) leads to…
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US 7,280,033 B2 15 MAC address of the power line modem communicating with the user device having the destination IP address). In an…
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US 7,280,033 B2 17 Upon startup, this task may open a file transfer program such as Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) to provide a…
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US 7,280,033 B2 19 tion into the PLS. Alternately, the installer may wirelessly transmit the information to the PLS for reception and…
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US 7,280,033 B2 21 Alternate Embodiments As discussed, the CID 10 of the above embodiment communicates data signals to user devices via the…
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US 7,280,033 B2 23 FIG. 12 is a schematic representation of an example of a network topology employing the present invention. The squares…
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US 7,280,033 B2 25 fications thereto and changes may be made without depart- ing from the scope and spirit of the invention. What is…
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U.S. Patent Oct. 9, 2007 Sheet 2 of 12 US 7,280,033 B2 To Customer Premises Low Voltage Power Line Figure 2 Medium Voltage Power Line…
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US 7,280,033 B2 Sheet 3 of 12 Oct. 9, 2007 U.S. Patent q € aunbi4 eur] JOMOd aBeyOA MOT OL e¢ onbi4
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US 7,280,033 B2 Sheet 5 of 12 Oct. 9, 2007 U.S. Patent qg einbl4 SUIT J8MOd AWW OL ec oinbi4 dur] JamMod AW OL
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US 7,280,033 B2 Sheet 6 of 12 Oct. 9, 2007 U.S. Patent JOUONIPUOD jeuBbls AW Jaynoy euuajuy euuajuy LAW OL JEUOIIPUCD jeubis AI 9 ainbi4…
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U.S. Patent Oct. 9, 2007 Sheet 7 of 12 US 7,280,033 B2 To Customer Premises Low Voltage Power Line Figure 7 Medium Voltage Power Line…
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United States Patent US007280033B2 (12) (10) Patent No.: US 7,280,033 B2 Berkman et al. (45) Date of Patent: Oct. 9, 2007 (54) SURFACE WAVE…
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US 7,280,033 B2 Sheet 8 of 12 Oct. 9, 2007 U.S. Patent sesiwald 8 adn 614 Jawoysny oO] OU!] JOMOd abeyOA Mmo7 Jaydnoyg saepn Joyonpuo5 9uly…
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U.S. Patent Oct. 9, 2007 Sheet 9 of 12 US 7,280,033 B2 To Customer Premises Low Voltage Power Line ae Figure 9 Medium Voltage Power Line N
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U.S. Patent Medium Voltage Power Line Conductor Oct. 9, 2007 Sheet 10 of 12 Low Voltage -_— Power Line US 7,280,033 B2 To Customer Premises…
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U.S. Patent Oct. 9, 2007 Sheet 11 of 12 US 7,280,033 B2 go) N ze] a oO A —» ga — N NN o a 5 SS LL q N Phase C Phase B Phase A
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US 7,280,033 B2 Sheet 12 of 12 Oct. 9, 2007 U.S. Patent Z| ainbl+ adlnag jneyyor 902 eo1nag ineyyoeg q02 solved [neyyoeg e0/ 901Aaq…
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US 7,280,033 B2 1 SURFACE WAVE POWER LINE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims…
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US 7,280,033 B2 3 FIG. 8 is a diagram of an example embodiment of a wave coupler of an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 9 is a…
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US 7,280,033 B2 5 munication System and Method of Operating the Same,” filed Aug. 14, 2003, which hereby incorporated in its entirety by…
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US 7,280,033 B2 7 In any of the above embodiments, each CID may be configured to receive data signals in a different frequency range…
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US 7,280,033 B2 9 filters for the second frequency band. The output of BPF2 is supplied to a second amplifier (AMP2) that supplies the…
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US 7,280,033 B2 Page 2 5,933,071 5,977,650 5,982,276 6,037,678 6,040,759 6,151,330 6,160,795 6,278,357 6,281,784 6,282,405 6,317,031…
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US 7,280,033 B2 11 severe emission restrictions at these frequencies. Conse- quently, it may be necessary to employ an antenna enclosure…
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US 7,280,033 B2 13 a collection of information and may include information relating to which interface (e.g., LVI or MVI) leads to…
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US 7,280,033 B2 15 MAC address of the power line modem communicating with the user device having the destination IP address). In an…
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US 7,280,033 B2 17 Upon startup, this task may open a file transfer program such as Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) to provide a…
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US 7,280,033 B2 19 tion into the PLS. Alternately, the installer may wirelessly transmit the information to the PLS for reception and…
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US 7,280,033 B2 21 Alternate Embodiments As discussed, the CID 10 of the above embodiment communicates data signals to user devices via the…
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US 7,280,033 B2 23 FIG. 12 is a schematic representation of an example of a network topology employing the present invention. The squares…
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US 7,280,033 B2 25 fications thereto and changes may be made without depart- ing from the scope and spirit of the invention. What is…
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US 7,280,033 B2 Sheet 1 of 12 Oct. 9, 2007 U.S. Patent | | oinbi- 2. | ez B09 JOWJOJSUBI | our JaMOd UOINGISIQ aBeyo, wnipeyy js
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U.S. Patent Oct. 9, 2007 Sheet 2 of 12 US 7,280,033 B2 To Customer Premises Low Voltage Power Line Figure 2 Medium Voltage Power Line…
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US 7,280,033 B2 Sheet 3 of 12 Oct. 9, 2007 U.S. Patent q € aunbi4 eur] JOMOd aBeyOA MOT OL e¢ onbi4
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US 7,280,033 B2 Sheet 4 of 12 Oct. 9, 2007 U.S. Patent py einbi4 LZ op aunbly ag Pp aunbl4 dUIT JaMOd AW OL © —_—> Vv vib ran LZ bb Qp…
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US 7,280,033 B2 Sheet 5 of 12 Oct. 9, 2007 U.S. Patent qg einbl4 SUIT J8MOd AWW OL ec oinbi4 dur] JamMod AW OL
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US 7,280,033 B2 Sheet 6 of 12 Oct. 9, 2007 U.S. Patent JOUONIPUOD jeuBbls AW Jaynoy euuajuy euuajuy LAW OL JEUOIIPUCD jeubis AI 9 ainbi4…
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U.S. Patent Oct. 9, 2007 Sheet 7 of 12 US 7,280,033 B2 To Customer Premises Low Voltage Power Line Figure 7 Medium Voltage Power Line…