Patent ID: 6912252

Claim:
A distributed communication device, comprising: a local plant section comprising a control device operable to control a gas turbine and a data memory device operable to memorize control data of said control device; a data monitoring section located remotely from said control device, said data monitoring section comprising a data management device and a monitor; n communicating lines communicating said local plant section with said data monitoring section, where n is a whole number of at least 3; wherein said local plant section is operable to divide the control data of said control device into n parts, to form n combined data packets each having n−1 parts of said n parts and to transmit said n combined data packets across respective ones of said n communicating lines to said data monitoring section; and wherein said data monitoring section is operable to receive said n combined data packets from said n communicating lines and to reconstruct the control data of said control device; and wherein said n communicating lines comprise at least artifical satellite communication, a telephone cable, and an internet.