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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2011
Applicant:
David W. Rieken, St. Peters, MO (US);
Inventor:
David W. Rieken, St. Peters, MO (US);
Assignee:
Aclara Technologies LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/7097 (2011.01); H04B 3/54 (2006.01); H04J 11/00 (2006.01); H04J 13/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/7097 (2013.01); H04B 3/546 (2013.01); H04B 2203/5433 (2013.01); H04J 11/003 (2013.01); H04J 13/004 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transmitter transmits an outbound message signal via the power distribution system. The transmitter includes a spreader for spreading the spectrum of the communications signal before transmitting the outbound message signal. A receiver despreads the spectrum of the received digitized signal and digitally demodulates the received despread signal to generate the message. The transmitted signal is orthogonal to a source of interference on the power distribution system.