Patent ID: 7675897
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: H04B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of communicating data packets over one or more power lines wherein a first medium voltage (MV) access device is coupled to a medium voltage power line and provides communication services to one or more user devices at one or more customer premises, comprising: receiving the data packets from the one or more user devices at the first MV access device; determining a data type for the data packets with the first MV access device; tagging the data packets with priority information based on the data type with the first MV access device; placing each of the data packets in one of a plurality of queues based, at least in part, on the data type of the data packets with the first MV access device; selecting a data packet for transmission from one of the plurality of data packet queues with the first MV access device; transmitting, from the first MV access device, the tagged data packets over the MV power line according to said selecting; receiving the tagged data packets transmitted by the first MV access device at a second device connected to the MV power line; and transmitting the received tagged data packets from the second device without tagging the data packets with priority information.