Patent ID: 7072408

Claim:
A burst mode power line data network system comprising: a burst mode transmitter coupled to an electrical power line connected to a plurality of communications devices, the burst mode transmitter comprising: a transmitter supplying at least a single output data bit stream of line encoded bursts of information via the electrical power line to at least one of the plurality of communication devices, each data bit of the data bit stream having an original pulse width, the data bit stream including an information field indicating a first amount of delay to be used by the at least one of the plurality of communication devices after the at least one of the plurality of communication devices receives the data bit stream and before the at least one of the plurality of communication devices transmits to a burst mode receiver; and a delay delaying transmission of a received data bit stream by a predetermined second delay amount; and the burst mode receiver coupled to the electrical power line for receiving at least a single input data bit stream of line encoded bursts of information via the electrical power line.