Dielectric Antenna Waveguide Coupling for Power Line Data Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wireless infrastructure faces challenges in providing sufficient bandwidth to meet increasing data demands, particularly in urban areas with high device usage, as traditional methods struggle to efficiently transmit data over long distances with minimal loss.
Innovation Solution
A guided wave communication system that utilizes dielectric antennas and couplers to propagate electromagnetic waves along transmission media like power lines, enabling data transmission without the need for an electrical return path, thereby reducing propagation losses and increasing transmission efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If traditional wireless infrastructure is used to provide broadband access, then coverage area is extended, but propagation losses increase and bandwidth capability is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a transmission medium as an intermediary between the electromagnetic wave source and the destination. The waveguide device couples electromagnetic waves to the transmission medium, which guides the waves over long distances with reduced propagation losses. This intermediary structure enables efficient energy transfer while maintaining bandwidth capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from traditional three-dimensional free-space electromagnetic wave propagation to one-dimensional guided wave propagation along a transmission medium. This dimensional change confines the electromagnetic energy to a specific path, reducing energy dissipation and enabling long-distance transmission with minimal losses while maintaining high bandwidth capability.
2Productivity
If small cell deployment is pursued to provide additional mobile bandwidth, then bandwidth capability increases, but infrastructure complexity and deployment cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables transmission media such as power lines to serve dual purposes: delivering electrical power and transmitting electromagnetic waves for communication. This multi-functionality allows existing infrastructure to provide both power and broadband access, increasing mobile bandwidth capability without requiring separate communication infrastructure and reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines power delivery and data transmission functions into a single integrated system. By coupling electromagnetic waves to existing power line infrastructure, the system merges two separate functions (power distribution and communication) into one unified platform, thereby increasing bandwidth capability while reducing infrastructure complexity and deployment costs.
3Length of stationary object
If electromagnetic waves are transmitted over long distances through free space, then coverage area is extended, but propagation losses increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a transmission medium as an intermediary to guide electromagnetic waves over long distances. The waveguide device couples the electromagnetic waves to the transmission medium, which acts as a conduit to transport the energy efficiently. This intermediary structure reduces free-space propagation losses and enables long-distance transmission while maintaining signal integrity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach allows for reliable and efficient data transmission over long distances with reduced losses, supporting higher bandwidth requirements and enabling the use of existing infrastructure like power lines for communication networks.
Implementation Method 1
generating, by a plurality of dielectric antennas of a waveguide system, a plurality of instances of electromagnetic waves that combine to form a combined electromagnetic wave
Implementation Method 2
directing, by the waveguide system, the combined electromagnetic wave to an interface of a transmission medium for guiding propagation of the combined electromagnetic wave along the transmission medium
Implementation Method 3
directing, by the waveguide system, the combined electromagnetic wave to an interface of a transmission medium
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AI summary
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, generating, by a plurality of dielectric antennas of a waveguide system, a plurality of instances of electromagnetic waves that combines to form a combined electromagnetic wave, and directing, by the waveguide system, the combined electromagnetic wave to an interface of a transmission medium for guiding propagation of the combined electromagnetic wave along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed.