Power line communication rate limiting system and method
US7558206B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 21, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jul 7, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 29, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B2203/545
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
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.
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