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Patent US7899436 - Multi-wideband communications over power lines - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsSystems and methods for communicating over a power line are configured to substantially simultaneously communicate over a plurality of wideband frequency ranges. Signals may be communicated two or from a communication node at two different frequencies simultaneously. These signals may be exchanged with...http://www.google.com/patents/US7899436?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7899436 - Multi-wideband communications over power linesAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7899436 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/467,141Publication dateMar 1, 2011Filing dateAug 24, 2006Priority dateOct 3, 2005Also published asCN101292437A, EP1770870A1, US7725096, US7877078, US8538369, US20070075843, US20090252209, US20090323829, US20110194626, US20120014459Publication number11467141, 467141, US 7899436 B2, US 7899436B2, US-B2-7899436, US7899436 B2, US7899436B2InventorsJuan Carlos Riveiro, Nils Hakan Fouren, Jonathan Ephraim David HurwitzOriginal AssigneeJuan Carlos Riveiro, Nils Hakan Fouren, Jonathan Ephraim David HurwitzExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (104), Non-Patent Citations (77), Referenced by (4), Classifications (11), Legal Events (5) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetMulti-wideband communications over power linesUS 7899436 B2Abstract Systems and methods for communicating over a power line are configured to substantially simultaneously communicate over a plurality of wideband frequency ranges. Signals may be communicated two or from a communication node at two different frequencies simultaneously. These signals may be exchanged with different nodes and/or include independent data. In some embodiments, some of the wideband frequency ranges are above 30 MHz.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims benefit of and priority to European Patent Application EP 05 256 179.2, entitled �Power line Communication Device and Method,� filed Oct. 3, 2005 under 35 U.S.C. 119. The disclosure of the above patent application is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
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