公开(公告)号：US20050285720A1

公开(公告)日：2005-12-29

申请号：US11218579

申请日：2005-09-06

申请人： Leonard Cope ,  James Mollenkopf ,  Paul Kline ,  Melvin White

发明人： Leonard Cope ,  James Mollenkopf ,  Paul Kline ,  Melvin White

IPC分类号： G02B6/42 ,  G02B6/48 ,  H04B3/54 ,  H04B3/56 ,  G05B11/01

CPC分类号： G02B6/483 ,  G02B6/4246 ,  H04B3/54 ,  H04B3/542 ,  H04B3/56 ,  H04B3/58 ,  H04B2203/5425 ,  H04B2203/5441 ,  H04B2203/5466 ,  H04B2203/5479 ,  H04B2203/5487 ,  H04B2203/5495 ,  H04M11/066

摘要： A communication device for use with a power line communication system is provided. One embodiment forms a bypass device and comprises a low voltage coupler, a low voltage signal conditioner, a controller, a medium voltage modem, a first medium signal conditioner, an isolator, a second medium voltage signal conditioner, and a medium coupler. The controller may provide routing functions to give priority to certain types of data, control access to the network, filter data packets, process software upgrades, and provision new subscriber devices. In addition, the controller may monitor, process, and transmit traffic data, measured power data, errors, and other collected data.

摘要翻译： 提供一种与电力线通信系统一起使用的通信装置。 一个实施例形成旁路装置，并且包括低压耦合器，低压信号调节器，控制器，中压调制解调器，第一介质信号调节器，隔离器，第二中压信号调节器和介质耦合器。 控制器可以提供路由功能以优先考虑某些类型的数据，控制对网络的访问，过滤数据分组，处理软件升级以及提供新的用户设备。 此外，控制器还可以监视，处理和传输业务数据，测量的功率数据，错误和其他收集的数据。

公开(公告)号：US20060071776A1

公开(公告)日：2006-04-06

申请号：US11293207

申请日：2005-12-05

申请人： Melvin White ,  James Mollenkopf

发明人： Melvin White ,  James Mollenkopf

IPC分类号： G08B1/08

CPC分类号： H04B3/546 ,  H02J13/0086 ,  H04B2203/5408 ,  H04B2203/5445 ,  H04B2203/5454 ,  H04B2203/5491 ,  Y02E60/74 ,  Y02E60/7892 ,  Y04S10/30 ,  Y04S40/146

摘要： A method of communicating utility usage data is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises transmitting real-time utility usage data from a plurality of utility meters, receiving the real-time utility usage data from the plurality of utility meters, storing the real-time utility usage data in a memory, storing address information of the plurality of utility meters in memory, receiving requests from a plurality of utility users for real-time utility usage information and wherein the requests traverse a communication path that includes the Internet, processing the utility usage data of the utility users to provide the real-time utility usage information for each utility user, and transmitting the real-time utility usage information to the utility users over a communication path that includes the Internet.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种传达效用使用数据的方法。 在一个实施例中，该方法包括从多个公用事业计量表发送实时公用事业使用数据，从多个公用事业计量表接收实时公用事业使用数据，将实时公用事业使用数据存储在存储器中，存储地址 存储器中的多个公用事业仪表的信息，接收来自多个公用事业用户的实时实用程序使用信息的请求，并且其中所述请求遍历包括因特网的通信路径，处理公用事业用户的公用事业使用数据以提供 用于每个实用程序用户的实时公用程序使用信息，以及通过包括因特网的通信路径将实时公用程序使用信息发送到实用程序用户。

公开(公告)号：US20060038662A1

公开(公告)日：2006-02-23

申请号：US11254824

申请日：2005-10-21

申请人： Melvin White ,  James Mollenkopf

发明人： Melvin White ,  James Mollenkopf

IPC分类号： G05B11/01

CPC分类号： H04B3/56 ,  H04B2203/5491

摘要： A system for operating a power line communications system is provided. One embodiment is comprised of a plurality of network elements, which may take the form of repeaters, bypass devices, backhaul devices, wireless backhaul devices, enhanced bypass device, communication interface devices and others. In one embodiment, two groups of network elements in the same electrical distribution system are isolated except selected communication link.

摘要翻译： 提供一种用于操作电力线通信系统的系统。 一个实施例由多个网络元件组成，其可以采取中继器，旁路设备，回程设备，无线回程设备，增强旁路设备，通信接口设备等形式。 在一个实施例中，相同配电系统中的两组网络元件被隔离，除了选择的通信链路。

公开(公告)号：US20050232344A1

公开(公告)日：2005-10-20

申请号：US11156610

申请日：2005-06-21

申请人： James Mollenkopf

发明人： James Mollenkopf

IPC分类号： H04B3/54 ,  H04B3/56 ,  H04B1/38

CPC分类号： H04B3/54 ,  H04B3/56 ,  H04B2203/5441 ,  H04B2203/5466 ,  H04B2203/5487

摘要： The present invention provides a device for providing communications over power lines that includes a backhaul modem, a power line modem, and a user port modem. The device may provide communications for one or more network elements via the power line modem and may provide communications for one or more user devices via the user port modem wirelessly or via low voltage power lines.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于通过电力线提供通信的装置，其包括回程调制解调器，电力线调制解调器和用户端口调制解调器。 设备可以经由电力线调制解调器为一个或多个网络元件提供通信，并且可以经由用户端口调制解调器无线地或经由低压电力线为一个或多个用户设备提供通信。

公开(公告)号：US20070008074A1

公开(公告)日：2007-01-11

申请号：US11156608

申请日：2005-06-21

申请人： James Mollenkopf ,  David Yaney

发明人： James Mollenkopf ,  David Yaney

IPC分类号： G05B11/01

CPC分类号： H04B3/56 ,  H04B2203/5425 ,  H04B2203/5433 ,  H04B2203/5445 ,  H04B2203/545 ,  H04B2203/5466 ,  H04B2203/5479 ,  H04B2203/5483 ,  H04B2203/5491

摘要： A system that includes low voltage power line subnet coupler that provides bi-directional communications between multiple power line subnets while substantially preventing the flow of power is provided. The system may include a power line communications device coupled to a first LV power line subnet, and a low voltage power line subnet coupler providing a data communications path between the first low voltage power line subnet and a second low voltage power line subnet. Additionally, some embodiments include a low voltage repeater communicatively coupled to the second LV power line subnet.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种包括低压电力线子网耦合器的系统，其提供了在多个电力线子网之间的双向通信，同时基本上防止了电力的流动。 该系统可以包括耦合到第一低压电力线子网的电力线通信装置和提供第一低压电力线子网和第二低压电力线子网之间的数据通信路径的低电压电力线子网耦合器。 另外，一些实施例包括通信地耦合到第二低压电力线子网的低电压中继器。

公开(公告)号：US20050275495A1

公开(公告)日：2005-12-15

申请号：US11198188

申请日：2005-08-08

申请人： Charles Pridmore ,  Joseph Roesch ,  James Mollenkopf ,  Brett Gidge ,  Steven Baker

发明人： Charles Pridmore ,  Joseph Roesch ,  James Mollenkopf ,  Brett Gidge ,  Steven Baker

IPC分类号： H04B3/56 ,  H01F38/20

CPC分类号： H04B3/56 ,  H04B2203/5487

摘要： The coupling device of the present invention includes a housing, a first fastening member attached to said housing and coupled to the power line, a second fastening member attached to the housing and coupled to the power line, an inductor providing an impedance to data transmissions between the first fastening member and the second fastening member; a first conductor having a first end electrically coupled to the first fastening member; and a second conductor having a first end electrically coupled to the second fastening member. The second ends of the first conductor and second conductor providing data signals to a connector. In addition, the housing may include a transformer secured therein for coupling power transmissions to the connector.

摘要翻译： 本发明的联接装置包括壳体，附接到所述壳体并联接到电力线的第一紧固构件，附接到壳体并耦合到电力线的第二紧固构件，提供阻抗的电感器， 第一紧固构件和第二紧固构件; 第一导体，其具有电耦合到第一紧固构件的第一端; 以及第二导体，其具有电耦合到第二紧固构件的第一端。 第一导体和第二导体的第二端向连接器提供数据信号。 此外，壳体可以包括固定在其中的变压器，用于将电力传输耦合到连接器。

公开(公告)号：US20070211888A1

公开(公告)日：2007-09-13

申请号：US11750058

申请日：2007-05-17

申请人： Kevin Corcoran ,  James Mollenkopf ,  Terry Bernstein

发明人： Kevin Corcoran ,  James Mollenkopf ,  Terry Bernstein

IPC分类号： H04M1/00 ,  H04M9/00

CPC分类号： G01D4/004 ,  Y02B90/242 ,  Y04S20/322

摘要： A system, device and method for providing communications to a plurality of customer premises via one or more external low voltage power lines is provided. One embodiment of the system includes a power line communication device comprising a first modem configured to communicate over the one or more external low voltage power lines. The system further includes a plurality of wireless interface devices, each located at, and external to, a respective one of the plurality of customer premises. Each wireless interface device may includes a first communication module configured to communicate with the power line communication device via the external low voltage power line; and a second communication module in communication with the first communication module and configured to provide wireless communications for one or more remote devices within the respective customer premises.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于经由一个或多个外部低压电力线向多个客户驻地提供通信的系统，设备和方法。 该系统的一个实施例包括电力线通信设备，其包括被配置为在一个或多个外部低压电力线路上通信的第一调制解调器。 该系统还包括多个无线接口设备，每个无线接口设备位于多个客户驻地中的相应一个客户驻地的外部。 每个无线接口设备可以包括被配置为经由外部低压电力线与电力线通信设备通信的第一通信模块; 以及第二通信模块，其与所述第一通信模块通信并且被配置为为相应的客户驻地内的一个或多个远程设备提供无线通信。

公开(公告)号：US20070002771A1

公开(公告)日：2007-01-04

申请号：US11156611

申请日：2005-06-21

申请人： William Berkman ,  James Mollenkopf

发明人： William Berkman ,  James Mollenkopf

IPC分类号： H04L12/28

CPC分类号： H04B3/542 ,  H04B2203/5441 ,  H04B2203/5445 ,  H04B2203/545

摘要： A power line communications device that may provide rate limiting and quality of service control is provided. The device may include a first modem in communication with one or more user devices via a low voltage power line subnet and a second modem communicatively coupled to a second communications medium. The device also may include a controller in communication with the first and second modems and a computer readable medium encoded with instructions to control the operation of the controller. The controller may rate limit data to and/or from a destination and/or source based one or more parameters such as the destination address, the source address, the type of data, temporal parameters, and other criteria. In addition, the controller may implement QoS for data and transmit QoS parameters to power line modems to allow the power line modems to perform QoS.

摘要翻译： 提供了可以提供速率限制和服务质量控制的电力线通信设备。 该设备可以包括经由低压电力线子网与一个或多个用户设备通信的第一调制解调器和通信地耦合到第二通信介质的第二调制解调器。 该设备还可以包括与第一和第二调制解调器通信的控制器以及编码有用于控制控制器的操作的指令的计算机可读介质。 一个或多个参数，例如目的地地址，源地址，数据类型，时间参数和其他标准，控制器可以对目标和/或源的限制数据进行限幅。 此外，控制器可以为数据实现QoS，并向电力线调制解调器传输QoS参数，以允许电力线调制解调器执行QoS。

公开(公告)号：US20060271313A1

公开(公告)日：2006-11-30

申请号：US11439198

申请日：2006-05-24

申请人： James Mollenkopf

发明人： James Mollenkopf

IPC分类号： G01R21/00

CPC分类号： H02J13/0082 ,  H04B3/54 ,  H04B2203/5458 ,  Y02E60/7815 ,  Y02E60/7892 ,  Y04S40/121 ,  Y04S40/146

摘要： A system for detecting the contact of vegetation or other objects with a power line conductor and that may provide an automated notification thereof is provided. In one embodiment, the system may assess one or more power line communication links to determine baseline performance parameters thereof and set associated communication thresholds. The system may also include sensors for measuring wind speed, power line voltages, and/or other data. In one embodiment, the measured data may continuously be time stamped and stored in memory. Sensed data such as voltage and/or wind speed is analyzed during the time of a degradation of a communication link. If there is a correlation in the occurrence of increased wind speed or decrease in voltage and one or more degradations of a communication channel, a notification may be transmitted. In addition, the system may determine location information of the contacting vegetation by determining that surrounding communication links were not degraded during the same time interval.

公开(公告)号：US20080037784A1

公开(公告)日：2008-02-14

申请号：US11873208

申请日：2007-10-16

申请人： Kevin Corcoran ,  James Mollenkopf

发明人： Kevin Corcoran ,  James Mollenkopf

IPC分类号： H04L9/00

CPC分类号： H04B3/58 ,  H04B2203/5479 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04L9/14 ,  H04L63/0428

摘要： The repeater of the present invention communicates data signals over power lines. The repeater of one embodiment includes at least one modem that receives a data packet and attempts to decrypt the data packet with a first and/or second encryption key. If the packet is successfully decrypted using the first encryption key, the packet is encrypted using the second encryption and transmitted over the power line. If the packet is successfully decrypted using the second encryption key, the packet is encrypted using the first encryption and transmitted over the power line.

摘要翻译： 本发明的中继器通过电力线传送数据信号。 一个实施例的中继器包括至少一个调制解调器，其接收数据分组并且尝试用第一和/或第二加密密钥对数据分组进行解密。 如果使用第一加密密钥成功解密分组，则使用第二加密来加密分组并通过电力线传输。 如果使用第二加密密钥成功解密分组，则使用第一加密对分组进行加密并通过电力线传输。