Patent ID: 6624745
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
A method of implementing a local area network in a customer premises having a European Installation Bus (EIB) and two-wire terminals configured for coupling respective EIB bus coupling units to the EIB bus, the method comprising:connecting to at least one of the two-wire terminals a splitter unit, the splitter unit having a first two-wire connection for connecting the corresponding one two-wire terminal to a network node configured for transmitting and receiving local area network signals, and a low pass filter configured for passing an EIB signal and rejecting the local area network signal and harmonics of the EIB signal, the low pass filter having first and second windings each having first and second terminal ends, the connecting step including: (1) connecting the first terminal ends of the first and second windings to the first two-wire connection, and (2) connecting the second terminal ends of the first and second windings to a corresponding two-wire terminal connector for a corresponding one of the EIB bus coupling units, the windings configured for generating an electromagnetic flux in a same direction induced by any one of the EIB signal and the local area network signals.