Method and system for maximizing data throughput rate in a power line communications system by modifying payload symbol length
US7193506B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 19, 2003 |
| Grant date | Mar 20, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 14, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L1/0017
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Data throughput rate in a power line communications (“PLC”) system is controlled by generating PLC carrier signals in accordance with a PLC signal frame structure containing payload symbols where the payload symbol length is selected based on at least one of a PLC system channel quality and node configuration data. The selected payload symbol length determines the processing operations that a source PLC transceiver performs for generating PLC signals or that a destination PLC transceiver performs for extracting information content from received PLC signals. The payload symbol lengths can be selected to maximize the data throughput rate while maintaining compatibility with prior art PLC system protocols and standards that require a PLC signal frame structure and its payload portion to have fixed, predetermined lengths.
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