Patent ID: 11909849
Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A device, comprising:
a first communication circuit configured to communicate first signals conveying first information messages in accordance with a first communication protocol, wherein the first information messages comprise a repetitive message having fixed repeated content, and wherein the first signals are communicated over a powerline communication; and
a second communication circuit configured to communicate second signals conveying second information messages in accordance with a second communication protocol, wherein the second information messages comprise a non-repetitive message having variable content, wherein the second communication protocol is different than the first communication protocol, and wherein the second signals are communicated over the powerline communication, wherein the first communication protocol comprises FSK modulation and wherein the second communication protocol comprises phase-shift keying (PSK) modulation or quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM).