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Title:
METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING COMMUNICATION STATIONS IN MUTUALLY INDEPENDENT POWER LINE COMMUNICATION (PLC) NETWORKS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001091346
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for rapidly synchronizing communication stations belonging to mutually independent PLC networks without reducing the user data rate.According to said method, the respective communication stations transmit or receive basic information at respectively the same time with regard to a cycle of the network frequency of each PLC network that is assigned to the respective communication station. The information is respectively transmitted with the same regularity with regard to a cycle sequence of the network frequency of each PLC network that is assigned to the respective communication station.

Inventors:
BIENEK BERND (DE)
GROETING WOLFGANG (DE)
KERN RALF (DE)
TROKS WERNER (DE)
Application Number:
PCT/DE2001/001535
Publication Date:
May 23, 2002
Filing Date:
April 23, 2001
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Assignee:
SIEMENS AG (DE)
BIENEK BERND (DE)
GROETING WOLFGANG (DE)
KERN RALF (DE)
TROKS WERNER (DE)
International Classes:
H04J3/06; (IPC1-7): H04J3/06; H04B3/54
Foreign References:
US4988972A1991-01-29
Other References:
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 004, no. 004 (E - 164) 12 January 1980 (1980-01-12)
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 007, no. 004 (E - 151) 8 January 1983 (1983-01-08)
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