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Patent No.:

US 7321291 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2008

Filed:

Oct. 26, 2004
Applicants:

Brett D. Gidge, Mount Airy, MD (US);

William O. Radtke, Ellicott City, MD (US);

Inventors:

Brett D. Gidge, Mount Airy, MD (US);

William O. Radtke, Ellicott City, MD (US);

Assignee:

Current Technologies, LLC, Germantown, MD (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention provides a system and method for operating a power line communications system for communicating via an underground residential distribution power system. One embodiment of the present invention includes an aggregation point, which may be co-located with a point of presence, communicatively coupled to one or distribution points. The distribution points are communicatively coupled to one or more medium voltage interface devices. The medium voltage interface devices are communicatively coupled to one or more power line bridges via URD medium voltage power lines. The power line bridges may be co-located with a URD distribution transformer and provide communications to the user devices communicatively coupled to the LV power lines of the distribution transformer.


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Gidge, Brett. (2008). Power line communications system and method of operating the same (U.S. Patent No. 7321291). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7321291

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