Patent ID: 9077557
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: H04B,H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a repeater circuit configured to receive a power signal at an input, the power signal including an analog data signal, and to provide a representation of the received analog data signal at an output; a direction detector configured to receive the power signal from a first bus conductor of a plurality of bus conductors, to identify the first bus conductor of the plurality of bus conductors as a transmitting conductor, and to provide an output indicative of the transmitting conductor; a first input multiplexer configured to couple the transmitting conductor to the input of the repeater circuit in response to the output of the direction detector; and an output multiplexer configured to couple the output of the repeater circuit to a second bus conductor of the plurality of bus conductors, wherein the second bus conductor is different than the transmitting conductor.