A method for signal transmission via lines of an alternating current - said distribution network, a device for this purpose, and application of the method

摘要

This invention relates to communication systems of the type particularly useful in power line communications. Signals to be transmitted, which can be in the form of short, fixed frequency signals, are expanded in time and/or bandwidth to provide a longer signal with a variable frequency. At the receiver, power line noise, which is typically either short wideband noise or long narrowband noise, is removed and the remaining expanded signal is detected. The expanded signal can then be compressed in time and/or bandwidth to reproduce the original signal.