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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2006
James Douglas Mollenkopf, Fairfax, VA (US);
David Stanley Yaney, Poolesville, MD (US);
James Douglas Mollenkopf, Fairfax, VA (US);
David Stanley Yaney, Poolesville, MD (US);
Current Technologies, LLC, Germantown, MD (US);
Abstract
A versatile power line communication device is provided. One embodiment of the device includes a controller having memory, a first modem in communication with the controller, and a first power line interface including a second modem, wherein the second modem is in communication with the controller. The embodiment may also include a switch communicatively coupled to the controller and having an upstream port and a downstream port. The switch may be configured to communicate data from one of the upstream port to the downstream port, and vice versa, without the data being supplied to the controller. The switch may also have a data port configured to be coupled to high data rate devices such as mobile telephone cell sites.