Patent ID: 7602695
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of providing communications over a plurality of sets of twisted pair conductors connected to a plurality of communication devices located in a plurality of units of a multi-unit structure and wherein the plurality of sets of twisted pair conductors form a bundle, the method comprising: providing a non-conductive coupler having a magnetically permeable toroid configured to extend around substantially the entire circumference of the bundle and at least one conductor that comprises a winding wound around said toroid; positioning the non-conductive coupler so that the toroid surrounds the plurality of sets of twisted pair conductors; coupling a data signal comprising a first data packet to the plurality of sets of twisted pair conductors via the non-conductive coupler, wherein the first data packet includes a destination address; receiving the first data packet at the plurality of communication devices; providing the first data to a user device at one of said plurality of communication devices; and discarding the first data at multiple communication devices among the plurality of receiving communication devices.