POWER LINE COMMUNICATIONS USING FRAME CONTROL DATA BLOCKS FOR DATA TRANSPORT

摘要

Method, systems, and apparatus include a communication device configured to receive a data unit in accordance with a power line communications protocol, to extract data within the data unit to provide extracted data, and to process the extracted data in accordance with a non-power line communication protocol. Embodiments also describe a communication device configured to format data according to a non-power line communication protocol as part of a data unit conforming to a power line communication protocol, to redundantly encode the data unit across a plurality of subcarriers in accordance with the second communication protocol, and to transmit the data unit in accordance with the second communication protocol to another communications device.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a communication device, a data unit in accordance with a power line communication protocol; extracting, by the communication device, data within the data unit to provide extracted data; and processing, by the communication device, the extracted data in accordance with a non-power line communication protocol.