135 results about "Rf communication" patented technology

Aspects of the present application relate to multiplexing communication signals and sensing signals in the power domain. An indication that a particular unit of time-frequency resources, among a plurality of units of time-frequency resources, has been allocated to sensing and communication may be transmitted. Subsequently, an indication of a sensing waveform configuration for the particular unit of time-frequency resources may be transmitted. The sensing waveform configuration may include an indication of an allocation of power to a radio frequency (RF) sensing waveform in an integrated waveform. Then a signal according to the integrated waveform may be transmitted. The integrated waveform may include the RF sensing waveform and an RF communication waveform. Additionally, power in the integrated waveform may allocated to the RF sensing waveform in accordance with the sensing waveform configuration.

A system for autonomously managing resupply of consumable resources for a mobile unit includes sensors that monitor a level of a consumable resource for each entity in the unit. A network of tags communicates via short-range magnetic communications links. A local node provides a long-range RF communication link to communicate with a global node. Together the network of tags, local node and global node initiate a local resupply of the consumable resource to one or more entities from other entities within the mobile unit and a global resupply of the mobile unit from the one or more depots. The network of sensors / tags automates the task of monitoring resource levels and managing resupply. The use of the magnetic portion of the EM spectrum for local communications within the mobile unit overcomes the issues associated with RF in harsh or hostile environments.

A fail-safe automatic mains-electricity cutoff system and method for automatic disconnection from a mains service drop in the event of mains power outage or instability, and automatic reconnection after restoration of stable mains power, with indications of operational status through a unit display, an indicator light, and an RF communication link to a remote unit. A unit enclosure having a unit door and a ground bus houses the fail-safe automatic mains-electricity cutoff system which is installed on the mains service drop, below the electrical meter and above the main breaker panel or main service disconnect switch. Low-voltage DC power for system operation is supplied through a battery unit. Disconnection and connection to mains power is effected through a switching unit providing a mains-voltage sensor, a fail-safe switch and a fail-safe switch actuator. A premises-voltage sensor and current sensor can also be provided in embodiments. A controller controls operation of the fail-safe automatic mains-electricity cutoff system based on real-time measurements and programmed operational parameters, and records and reports system status and measurements.

An RF communication system can include an RF transmitter, RF receiver, and a waveguide disposed between the RF transmitter and RF receiver. Each of the RF transmitter and RF receiver can include an RF antenna as well as RF electronics, the RF electronics useful to provide excitation signal to the RF antenna or to receive excitation from the RF antenna. The RF transmitter and / or RF receiver can also be a transceiver. In one form, the waveguide of the RF communication system acts as an electrical power bus. Alternatively and / or additionally, the waveguide of the RF communication system can also act as a structural member of a support structure. Alternatively and / or additionally, the waveguide of the RF communication system can also act as a heat transfer fluid circuit path. Alternatively and / or additionally, the waveguide of the RF communication system can also act as control path to convey a control signal.

A Radio Frequency (RF) communications device includes a pair of antenna terminals, which are connectable to an antenna. The device also includes an automatic gain controller, which is coupled to the antenna terminals for receiving an output current of the antenna. The automatic gain controller is operable to convert the output current of the antenna into a modulated current. The device further includes a rectifier, which is coupled to the automatic gain controller to receive the modulated current. The rectifier is operable to convert the modulated current into a rectified current. The device also includes a voltage limiter, which is coupled to the rectifier for receiving the rectified current. The voltage limiter is operable to convert the rectified current into a limited rectified voltage for supplying power to the RF communications device. An RF identification (RFID) tag comprising the RF communications device is also disclosed.

Examples include a communication converter including a RF signal port for coupling the communication converter to terrestrial RF transceiver, an antenna port for coupling the communication converter to a satellite antenna, a terrestrial-to-satellite (T / S) conversion unit configured to receive via the RF signal port terrestrial RF communication signals generated by the terrestrial RF transceiver and convert them into uplink satellite communication signals, a satellite-to-terrestrial (S / T) conversion unit configured to receive via the antenna port downlink satellite communication signals received by the satellite antenna and extract therefrom terrestrial RF communication signals thereby carried, and a detection unit configured to detect at least the reception of the terrestrial RF communication signals, and generate based thereon data / signals for setting mode of operation of the communication converter into a T / S mode or a S / T mode.

Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and / or computer program product embodiments, and / or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for energy harvesting, automatic recharging, and power consumption reduction for smart home sensors, devices, and networks. An example embodiment operates by determining an estimated or predicted future time that a device will have insufficient electrical energy in an energy storage of the device for the device to operate. The device can be, for example, an internet-of-things device, such as a sensor, actuator, and / or RF communications repeater, that includes a radio frequency communication transmitter and an energy harvester. Based on and prior to the estimated or predicted future time, there is commanded an activation of a directed energy recharger in sufficient proximity to the device such that a directed energy beam transmitted or emitted by the directed energy recharger upon activation increases the energy stored in the energy storage of the device.

A vehicle-borne system that includes a surface-penetrating radar (SPR) system is disclosed. The SPR system acquires SPR images and includes at least one antenna for RF communication with an external device. The vehicle-borne system includes a transaction module that obtains information via the SPR system from the external device that specifies a transaction. The vehicle-borne system includes a controlled that includes a processor and electronically stored instructions that are executable by the processor. The controller computationally generates responsive information for completion of the transaction and causes the responsive information to be transmitted to the external device.

A robot or other device capable of movement includes a local position module and an RF communication module, the RF communication module being configured to communicate with RF anchor points to conduct one or more of navigation, positioning, exploration, tracking, and mapping. The robot or other device can include a transceiver configured to communicate with fixed location RF anchor points and a relative odometry unit. The robot or other device also can include a localization and navigation system that can conduct bearing measurements, which can be two-way bearing measurements, between the robot and one or more of the RF anchor points and integrates the bearing measurements with odometry measurements to navigate an environment of the RF anchor points.

A unit cell for use in a phased array is provided. The unit cell includes: a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly comprising one or more PCB layers; a patch radiating element centrally disposed on a top surface of the PCB assembly; a plurality of EBG structures on the top surface of the PCB assembly, the EBG structures arranged around the patch radiating element, the EBG structures grounded in the PCB assembly; and a feed network embedded in the PCB assembly, the feed network in RF communication with the patch radiating element and for emitting or receiving an RF signal.

It is described an RF communication device comprising:i) an RF antenna functionality;ii) at least one antenna pad connected to the RF antenna functionality;iii) a further functionality which is not an RF antenna functionality; andiv) at least one non-antenna pad electrically connected to the further functionality.The antenna pad and the non-antenna pad are arranged to be short-circuited with each other, and the non-antenna pad is electrically connected via a connection line to the further functionality within the RF communication device.Further, a method of manufacturing an RF communication device is described.

RF communication systems with interference cancellation for coexistence are provided herein. In certain embodiments, a method of interference cancellation includes filtering a radio frequency (RF) transmit signal to generate a first RF feedback signal using a first filter of a front end system, filtering the RF transmit signal to generate a second RF feedback signal using a second filter of the front end system, processing the first RF feedback signal to generate a first digital interference cancellation signal using a first feedback receiver, processing the second RF feedback signal to generate a second digital interference cancellation signal using a second feedback receiver, and compensating an RF receive signal for interference based on the first digital interference cancellation signal and the second digital interference cancellation signal using a receiver.

A luminaire comprises an outer housing and a wireless communications module mounted in the outer housing. The outer housing comprises at least first and second portions, wherein the first portion comprises an electrically conductive mesh with a first opening size to provide transparency to RF signals within an operating range of wavelengths of the communications module, and a second portion comprising a solid electrically conductive layer or an electrically conductive mesh with a second opening size, smaller than the first opening size. This second portion is thus optimized for an EM shielding function.

Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and / or computer program product embodiments, and / or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for energy harvesting, automatic recharging, and power consumption reduction for smart home sensors, devices, and networks. An example embodiment operates by determining an estimated or predicted future time that a device will have insufficient electrical energy in an energy storage of the device for the device to operate. The device can be, for example, an internet-of-things device, such as a sensor, actuator, and / or RF communications repeater, that includes a radio frequency communication transmitter and an energy harvester. Based on and prior to the estimated or predicted future time, there is commanded an activation of a directed energy recharger in sufficient proximity to the device such that a directed energy beam transmitted or emitted by the directed energy recharger upon activation increases the energy stored in the energy storage of the device.

Embodiments are described herein for updating communication parameter sets between a peripheral medical monitoring device and a central medical monitoring device. The central medical monitoring device may identify a triggering event for updating a communication parameter set related to RF communications between the peripheral medical monitoring device and the central medical monitoring device. The central medical monitoring device may collect system specification information related to at least one of the peripheral medical monitoring device or the central medical monitoring device and transmit a request for the updated communication parameter set that includes at least a portion of the system specification information. The central medical monitoring device may receive a response comprising the updated communication parameter set that is compatible with the at least the peripheral medical monitoring device or the central medical monitoring device having the at least the portion of the system specification information.

A controllable electrical outlet may comprise a resonant loop antenna. The resonant loop antenna may comprise a feed loop electrically coupled to a radio-frequency (RF) communication circuit and a main loop magnetically coupled to the feed loop. The controllable electrical outlet may comprise one or more electrical receptacles configured to receive a plug of a plug-in electrical load and may be configured to control power delivered to the plug-in electrical load in response to an RF signal received via the RF communication circuit. The RF performance of the controllable electrical outlet may be substantially immune to devices plugged into the receptacles (e.g., plugs, power supplies, etc.) due to the operation of the resonant loop antenna. For example, degradation of the RF performance of the controllable electrical outlet may be less when the controllable electrical outlet includes the resonant loop antenna rather than other types of antennas.

A luminaire comprises an outer housing and a wireless communications module mounted in the outer housing. The outer housing comprises at least first and second portions, wherein the first portion comprises an electrically conductive mesh with a first opening size to provide transparency to RF signals within an operating range of wavelengths of the communications module, and a second portion comprising a solid electrically conductive layer or an electrically conductive mesh with a second opening size, smaller than the first opening size. This second portion is thus optimized for an EM shielding function.

An approach to obtain low latency association of the audio clock in a smartphone with an incoming RF message is to use an interrupt driven routine, where the receipt of the RF message preamble generates an interrupt that reads the audio clock counter since the start of the audio session. In some embodiments such an approach may be implemented on the specialized processing cores found in smartphones that control RF communication, sensor or audio processing.

Lighting control systems may be commissioned for programming and / or control with the aid of a mobile device. Design software may be used to create a floor plan of how the lighting control system may be designed. The design software may generate floor plan identifiers for each lighting fixture, or group of lighting fixtures. During commissioning of the lighting control system, the mobile device may be used to help identify the lighting devices that have been installed in the physical space. The mobile device may receive a communication from each lighting control device that indicates a unique identifier of the lighting control device. The unique identifier may be communicated by visible light communication (VLC) or RF communication. The unique identifier may be associated with the floor plan identifier for communication of digital messages to lighting fixtures installed in the locations indicated in the floor plan identifier.

An antenna apparatus and method of operating the antenna apparatus, can include a helical antenna comprising a helical portion raised from a printed circuit board to optimize gain and bandwidth, wherein the helical portion incorporates a limited number of turns, which facilitate control over the dimensions of the helical antenna. An antenna support can be provided, which can maintain dimensional consistency with respect to the helical antenna. The antenna support can facilitate achievement of target performance parameters for the antenna apparatus. In addition, the elevated helical portion can be configured to enhance the gain and the bandwidth without compromising the overall dimensions of the helical antenna. In some embodiments, the helical antenna may be formed from plastic.

A system for autonomously managing resupply of consumable resources for a mobile unit includes sensors that monitor a level of a consumable resource for each entity in the unit. A network of tags communicates via short-range magnetic communications links. A local node provides a long-range RF communication link to communicate with a global node. Together the network of tags, local node and global node initiate a local resupply of the consumable resource to one or more entities from other entities within the mobile unit and a global resupply of the mobile unit from the one or more depots. The network of sensors / tags automates the task of monitoring resource levels and managing resupply. The use of the magnetic portion of the EM spectrum for local communications within the mobile unit overcomes the issues associated with RF in harsh or hostile environments.

A signal restructure unit for radio frequency (RF) antenna systems includes four ports and a signal routing circuit. The signal routing circuit receives RF signals at input ports and provides phase-controlled outputs to antenna ports. When receiving sum signals, the unit provides in-phase restructured signals for common-mode antenna operation. When receiving difference signals, the unit provides anti-phase restructured signals for differential-mode antenna operation. The signal routing circuit may be implemented as a rat-race coupler with transmission line segments or as discrete circuit elements including inductors and capacitors. An RF communication system incorporates the signal restructure unit with digital processing circuits, transceivers, and antennas to achieve MIMO operation from a single antenna structure. The system provides improved isolation while reducing the antenna size. The restructure unit enables reconfigurable MIMO operation with enhanced performance for wireless communication applications.

The invention discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle relay FSO and RF communication method and system based on hybrid reinforcement learning. The method comprises the steps of obtaining a hybrid RF and FSO unmanned aerial vehicle relay joint optimization problem; expressing a hybrid RF and FSO machine-inorganic relay joint optimization problem as a finite time domain Markov decision process; and solving the finite time domain Markov decision process to obtain a joint optimization strategy of the FSO, the RF link switching, the power distribution and the three-dimensional trajectory of the unmanned aerial vehicle. According to the method, an efficient solution is provided for relay secret communication of the unmanned aerial vehicle, deep coupling optimization of discrete link switching and continuous power and trajectory control is realized, and the technical bottleneck that hybrid decisions are difficult to process in a traditional method is broken through.

Lighting control systems may be commissioned for programming and / or control with the aid of an autonomous mobile device. Design software may be used to create a floor plan of how the lighting control system may be designed. The design software may generate floor plan identifiers for each lighting fixture, or group of lighting fixtures. During commissioning of the lighting control system, the autonomous mobile device may be used to help identify the lighting devices that have been installed in the physical space. The autonomous mobile device may receive a communication from each lighting control device that indicates a unique identifier of the lighting control device. The unique identifier may be communicated by visible light communication (VLC) or RF communication. The unique identifier may be associated with the floor plan identifier for communication of digital messages to lighting fixtures installed in the locations indicated in the floor plan identifier.

The present disclosure relates to a remote control device and an image display apparatus including the same. A remote control device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of keys; an IR module configured to perform IR communication in response to a part of the plurality of keys; and an RF module configured to perform RF communication in response to another part of the plurality of keys, and the RF module transmits wireless channel information to an image display apparatus at a first interval, and when pairing with the image display apparatus is not completed, transmits the wireless channel information at a second interval less than the first interval. As a result, wireless pairing can be stably performed in response to a surrounding communication environment.

The invention belongs to the technical field of wireless system application, and particularly relates to a radio frequency-based wireless signal test platform system and a building method thereof, and the system comprises an Android master control terminal, a radio frequency communication module and an environment sensing unit; the android master control terminal carries an industrial-grade android equipment operating system, an integrated presentation layer, a business logic layer and a data access layer; the radio frequency communication module is connected with the Android master control terminal through a serial interface and is used for dynamically configuring frequency bands, spreading factors and bandwidth parameters; an environment database is established by setting an Android master control terminal, a radio frequency communication module and an environment sensing unit, adaptive communication capability testing of various radio frequency modules is realized, wireless signal data can be visually tested anytime and anywhere by using an established testing platform and environment data, and dependence on a traditional darkroom and a frequency spectrograph is avoided; and self-adaptive setting of frequency bands, spreading factors and bandwidths of the module in different environments is realized through an existing environment database.

A radiofrequency (RF) system may comprise a duplexer or multiplexer, e.g., when the transmitted signal frequency is different from the receiving frequency in a RF communication system, a duplexer may combine the transmitter and the receiver into the same antenna. In other possible RF communication systems, where the transmit (Tx) and receive (Rx) paths utilize the same frequencies (which are duplexed in time domain), a multiplexer may be used to connect different transmitters, receivers and / or transceivers that are using different frequencies, into one common / antenna port. A multiplexer may be used to share an antenna between multiple transceivers at different frequencies. In some embodiments, the multiplexer may be tunable to different frequencies during operation.

In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a radio frequency (RF) communication device is provided, comprising: a receiver unit configured to receive at least one radio frequency signal, wherein the receiver unit has a variable initial phase; a controller configured to change said initial phase; a measurement unit configured to measure a plurality of amplitudes and / or phases of the radio frequency signal, wherein each of said amplitudes and / or phases of the radio frequency signal corresponds to a different initial phase of the receiver unit. In accordance with a second aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding method of operating an RF communication device is conceived.

The utility model belongs to the technical field of radio frequency bunched cable devices, and discloses an SMP-to-I PEX rectangular radio frequency bunched cable device, which comprises a rectangular connector, the rectangular connector is a centralized connector, a plurality of SMP connectors are mounted on the rectangular connector, I PEX radio frequency connectors are mounted on radio frequency cables, the I PEX radio frequency connectors are mounted on the rectangular connector, and the SMP connectors are connected with the I PEX radio frequency connectors. When the rectangular connector is used, ten SMP connectors are integrated into one rectangular connector, so that the ten radio frequency cables can be inserted and disassembled at the same time, the disassembly and assembly are more convenient, the space occupied by the connector is greatly reduced, the space occupied by the connector is reduced, and the utilization rate of the connector is improved. According to the radio frequency communication module, the design requirement for miniaturization of the radio frequency communication module is met, the problem that the internal space of the module is limited is solved through the SMP-to-I PEX connection mode, the design requirement for miniaturization of the radio frequency communication module is better met, and the radio frequency communication module has the advantages of being small in size, stable in connection, high in flexibility, convenient to arrange and the like.

A system for filter enhancement, preferably including one or more analog taps and a controller, and optionally including one or more couplers. The system is preferably configured to integrate with a filter, such as a passband filter or other frequency-based filter. The system can be configured to integrate with an RF communication system, an RF front end, or any other suitable RF circuitry. A method for filter enhancement, preferably including configuring one or more analog taps, and optionally including calibrating a system for filter enhancement and / or receiving temperature information.