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Method for transmitting data via the lines of a power supply system
Assignee: DATAWATT B.V. A CORPORATION OF THE NETHERLANDS
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Filing: 1987-02-11
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Granted: 1989-02-28
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Expires: 2007-02-11
Abstract
Abstract A method for transmitting data via the power system line of a power supply system by carrier frequency modulation, wherein an improvement in the reliability of transmission is achieved by transmitting the same information several times in succession (time diversity) of different carrier frequencies (frequency diversity). Additional coding of the data by a "forward error correction code" results in further improvement.
Inventors
- 👤 Walter Braun
- 👤 Walter Hagmann
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 11:56
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04B; H04B3/00; H04B3/54; H04B3/542; H04L; H04L1/00; H04L1/02; H04B2203/00; H04B2203/54; H04B2203/5404; H04B2203/5416; H04B2203/5462; H04B2203/5483
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
136 words
Method for transmitting data via the lines of a power supply system, particularly at low- and medium-voltage level, comprising the following steps: encoding data to be transmitted into the form of symbols (A, . . . , F) by applying a forward error correction code; duplicating each one of said symbols (A, . . . F) a given number of times; rearranging said duplicated symbols (A, . . . F) so that symbols previously located directly adjacently to each other are then a far distance from each other; combining said rearranged symbols into blocks so that each symbol is at least in two different blocks; transmitting said blocks by means of different carrier frequencies in order to reduce the error rate during transmission; wherein the different carrier frequencies are modulated by means of phase shift keying.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
136 words
Method for transmitting data via the lines of a power supply system, particularly at low- and medium-voltage level, comprising the following steps: encoding data to be transmitted into the form of symbols (A, . . . , F) by applying a forward error correction code; duplicating each one of said symbols (A, . . . F) a given number of times; rearranging said duplicated symbols (A, . . . F) so that symbols previously located directly adjacently to each other are then a far distance from each other; combining said rearranged symbols into blocks so that each symbol is at least in two different blocks; transmitting said blocks by means of different carrier frequencies in order to reduce the error rate during transmission; wherein the different carrier frequencies are modulated by means of phase shift keying.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
Method as claimed in claim 1, wherein phase shift keying with two permitted values (BPSK=Binary Phase Shift Keying) is used.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
Method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the carrier frequency is abruptly and pseudo-randomly changed in the manner of frequency hopping (FH) method in each case after the transmission of a particular number of symbols (A, . . . F).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
Method as claimed in claim 2, wherein each symbol (A, . . . F) is transmitted twice.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
71 words
Method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, at the receiver, each symbol (A, . . . F) is assigned a weighting factor having the following characteristics ##EQU2## where Δφ ik is the difference between an actual symbol phase φ ik and a mean block phase of each symbol and symbols representing the same information due to the multiple transmission are combined with each other using the weighting factors (W ik ).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
Method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the weighting factors are obtained by applying the function f(x)=1/tan(x).
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