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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2006
Applicant:
David Stanley Yaney, Poolesville, MD (US);
Inventor:
David Stanley Yaney, Poolesville, MD (US);
Assignee:
Current Technologies, LLC, Germantown, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for detecting noise location information in a power line distribution system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of receiving link quality data for a first power line communication link between a first and second power line communications device, determining an asymmetry in the link quality data of the link, and determining location information for the noise source based on the location of the first power line communications device or the location of the second power line communications device.