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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2006
William H. Berkman, New York, NY (US);
Alice Shirley Filemyr, Rockville, MD (US);
Robert Douglas Kehn, Myersville, MD (US);
William H. Berkman, New York, NY (US);
Alice Shirley Filemyr, Rockville, MD (US);
Robert Douglas Kehn, Myersville, MD (US);
Current Technologies, LLC, Germantown, MD (US);
Abstract
A method for providing power line communications in a multi-unit building is provided. One embodiment includes determining the quality of a communication link associated with each of a plurality of communication nodes, selecting one of the plurality of communication nodes based, at least in part, on the quality of the communication links associated with the communication nodes; and establishing communications with an external network through the selected one communication node. In addition, in some embodiments at least one of the communication links associated with the plurality of communication nodes includes a non-conductive radio frequency coupled segment.