High performance PLC cluster system

US9172430B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SONY GROUP CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

• Ben Eitel · Stuttgart, DE
• Andreas Schwager · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 12, 2012
• Grant date: Oct 27, 2015
• Expiry date: Aug 13, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04B2203/5491
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A device comprises a power input for supplying an external AC power to the device via a power cord, a filter for filtering noise from the outside out of the supplied external AC power and for thereby generating a filtered AC power, at least one power socket for supplying the filtered AC power to at least one other device, a PLC modem configured to be connected to the at least one power socket and to transmit data to or receive data from the at least one other device via power line communication using the filtered AC power, and a managing means configured to establish a data connection with the at least one other device and to detect whether the at least one other device is capable of PLC functionality. A respective power line communication system and a respective power line communication method are also proposed.