Patent ID: 6137865
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
An apparatus for data communication over a home network implemented on a phone line system comprising a primary pair of wires and a secondary pair of wires, the apparatus comprising:two transmitters, one being a primary transmitter and the other being a secondary transmitter, both receiving transmit data from a transmitting source;a first line isolator and a second line isolator, the primary transmitter being coupled to the primary pair of wires via the first line isolator and the secondary transmitter being coupled to the secondary pair of wires via the second line isolator; andwherein the transmitters the transmit data to both the primary and the secondary pair of wires so that a computing device coupled to the home line system, regardless through the primary pair of wires or the secondary pair of wires, can receive the transmit data.