Patent ID: 7583952

Claim:
An access pointer for interconnecting a power line communication (PLC) network and a wireless network, the access pointer comprising: a PLC module transmitting and receiving data to and from the PLC network through media access control of a data link layer; a wireless communication module transmitting and receiving data to and from the wireless network through media access control of a data link layer; a conversion gateway converting data on upper layers above a network layer among the data received through the PLC module into a format suitable for a wireless network layer, outputting the converted data to the wireless communication module, converting data on upper layers above the network layer among the data received through the wireless communication module into a format suitable for a PLC network layer, and outputting the converted data to the PLC module; and a wireless terminal address table storm a PLC network address for a wireless terminal to communicate with the PLC network; and a PLC terminal address table storing a wireless network IP address for a PLC terminal to communicate with the wireless network.