| 摘要 |
This patent relates to the handoff of an untethered device ( 493 ) connected to a tethered device ( 495 ) communicating on a power line communication (PLC) network ( 499 ) to another device communicating on a PLC network or communicating with a conventional communication network or communicated on a mesh communication network. An additional embodiment of the present invention is the bridging ( 662 ) of a first communication network ( 660 ) over a PLC network to a second communication network ( 664 ) and the switching into or out of a PLC network between two communication networks bridged through a device connected to a PLC network ( 499 ) such that the first communication network ( 660 ) or second communication network ( 664 ) disconnects from the PLC network while a third communication network ( 665 ) connects to the PLC network ( 499 ).
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