Displaceable Signal Relay Node for Obstruction Bypass
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Solution Overview
Problem
Physical obstructions often hinder effective signal propagation, requiring personnel to expose themselves to higher ground for communication, compromising their safety and tactical advantage.
Innovation Solution
A displaceable signal relay node is integrated into a projectile-based delivery system, allowing it to be physically moved to overcome obstructions without exposing personnel, using a launching system like a grenade launcher to deploy the signal relay node above obstacles, ensuring continuous communication while minimizing risk.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If personnel move to higher ground to overcome physical obstructions to signal propagation, then signal propagation quality is improved, but personnel safety and tactical advantage deteriorate due to exposure
Solution Approach 1:
A signal relay node is deployed as an intermediary device to receive signals from one location and retransmit them to another, allowing communication to occur without personnel physically relocating to higher ground. The relay node acts as a mediator that overcomes physical obstructions while keeping personnel protected in their original positions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical approach of physically moving personnel to higher ground with an electronic/electromagnetic solution using signal relay nodes. Instead of mechanical displacement of human operators, the system uses deployed relay devices that can be positioned remotely (via drone, projectile, or other delivery mechanisms) to achieve the same signal propagation improvement without human exposure.
2Reliability
If a signal relay node is physically displaced to a different location to overcome obstructions, then signal propagation is improved, but device complexity and deployment requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The signal relay node is designed as a multi-functional device that can serve multiple purposes: it acts as a communication relay, a positioning beacon, and potentially a sensor platform. This universality justifies the complexity of the delivery system by providing multiple benefits from a single deployed device, making the overall system more efficient despite the initial deployment complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs parameter changes in the delivery mechanism, such as adjusting projectile velocity, deployment altitude, or relay node activation timing, to optimize the deployment process. By varying these parameters, the system can adapt to different operational scenarios and reduce the effective complexity through standardized deployment protocols and adjustable parameters.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This solution enables reliable communication by physically displacing the signal relay node above obstructions, maintaining tactical advantage and reducing the risk of exposure, thus enhancing survivability and interoperability for military and other users.
Implementation Method 1
a projectile-based delivery system, allowing it to be physically moved to overcome obstructions without exposing personnel, using a launching system like a grenade launcher to deploy the signal relay node above obstacles
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AI summary
The present disclosure describes a signal relay node that is physically displaceable by a delivery system to move the signal relay node to a different location, to enable the signal relay node to overcome physical obstructions to signal propagation. A delivery system, such as a launching system, can launch the signal relay node encased within a housing unit, such as a projectile cap. Upon launch into the air, an additional aloft package may provide an aerostat, parachute, and/or a propeller and motor system to keep the signal relay node aloft in the air for a longer period of time.