A distributed artificial intelligence data acquisition and equipment control system forms a local area network (LAN) over the AC power lines of a vessel for communicating shipboard engineering casualty and damage control information. Each node in the LAN includes a power line carrier current (PLCC) transceiver,...http://www.google.de/patents/US5349644?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5349644 - Distributed intelligence engineering casualty and damage control management system using an AC power line carrier-current lan
