Patent Document ID: 20140233662
Application ID: 13871944
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A system for sending and receiving messages on an electrical distribution grid from the low-voltage periphery of said grid to an electrical distribution substation without requiring intervening apparatus to repeat or amplify the signal and wherein said grid is used as a long-range data-bearing network, the system comprising: a. a converged network comprising at least one conventional network and at least one medium voltage electrical distribution grid, wherein the at least one medium voltage electrical distribution grid comprises at least one distribution substation containing at least one distribution transformer, and at least one low-voltage network comprising a service transformer supplying power to at least one consumer; b. a data center comprising a database containing a Grid Map and an Inventory and stored programs, attached to the conventional network; c. at least one Computing Platform for each of the at least one distribution substations containing at least one substation transformers, the Computing Platform comprising a database containing a subset of the Grid Map and a subset of the Inventory and stored programs; d. at least one Substation Receiver hosted on or in communication with the at least one Computing Platform; and e. at least one Transformer Area Network supplied with power by the at least one distribution substation transformer, each Transformer Area Network comprising at least one Remote Hub sited on the low-voltage side of the service transformer, wherein the Remote Hub is configured to transmit messages that are received and decoded by the Substation Receiver, without the use of repeaters, bridges, or other apparatus between the Substation Receiver and the at least one Remote Hub.