Patent ID: 8923339
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: G06F,G08C,H02J,H04B,H04J,H04L,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A power distribution and management system comprising: a conductive media infrastructure in communication with a baseband data universe distributing power over a legacy communications system and at least one broadband data universe communicating energy data; a power distribution tap in communication with the conductive media infrastructure, the power distribution tap partitioning the broadband data universe from the baseband data universe and adapting a set of guard bands, the guard bands including sub-channels and upper guard bands and lower guard bands, each upper guard band defining an upper limit of a data universe and each lower guard band defining a lower limit of a data universe, each guard band having a width being present at the upper limit and lower limit of each data universe, the power distribution tap managing varying guard band widths, managing varying band positions of the guard bands, and managing non-uniform frequency bandwidth distribution throughout the frequency spectrum of the conductive media infrastructure and facilitating combining of multiple waveforms such that multiple information types can reside within a broadband or baseband data universe; a dual power communication tap delivering the baseband data universe and the at least one broadband data universe bi-directionally via the conductive media infrastructure such that the power distribution via the baseband data universe is preserved while one or more devices communicate the energy data via the broadband data universe, the dual power communication tap utilizing inductive coupling to functionally induce waveforms onto the conductive media without direct connection to the legacy communications system; wherein the energy data can be used to deliver information relating to the power distributed through the baseband data universe.