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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
May. 23, 2001
Meir Fogel, Rehovot, IL;
Dov Raviv, Rishon Lezion, IL;
Daniel Rubin, Nes Ziona, IL;
Dov Wulich, Meitar, IL;
Systel Development & Industries Ltd., Rehovot, IL;
Abstract
A method of transmitting data over power lines, a decoder of the transmitted data, and a lighting control system that uses the method. The data are represented as symbols that are encoded in groups of successive bursts of alternating signals, with each burst assigned one of M frequencies. Upon reception, the groups are decoded by a decoder that converts the received bursts into a binary form which is correlated with M binary reference signals by XORing and counting the resulting pulses up or down. The correlation values are added separately for each possible symbol value, with the highest score indicating the decoded symbol.