60 GHz Grid Wireless Radios with Steerable Antennas
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless communication systems in enterprises face bandwidth limitations, particularly at 54 Mbs or less, making it challenging to transfer large files or stream video effectively due to interference and low data transfer rates.
Innovation Solution
A wireless communication system is established using a grid layout of wireless radios operating at 60 GHz with directional steerable antennas, configured for four transmission frequencies, enabling high-speed communication networks by situating radios 10 meters apart and allowing remote antenna positioning for reduced interference and full duplex communications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If existing wireless networks operate at 54 Mbs or less, then network compatibility and ease of operation are maintained, but data transfer rates are insufficient for large file transfer and video streaming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the operating frequency parameter from traditional 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz to 60 GHz, enabling data transfer rates up to 7 Gbps. This frequency parameter change allows the system to achieve 129-fold increase in data transfer rates while maintaining directional antenna beam focus for high-speed communication.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent divides the wireless network into multiple spatial segments using directional steerable antennas, where each antenna serves a specific spatial zone. This segmentation allows multiple simultaneous high-speed connections without mutual interference, as each directional beam operates independently in its designated spatial sector.
2Productivity
If wireless networks increase data transfer rates to 7 Gbs, then file transfer and video streaming performance improve, but interference between simultaneous transmissions increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making each directional antenna beam tailored to a specific spatial zone and transmission direction. Each beam is optimized for its local environment, transmitting at 60 GHz with focused energy only in its designated direction, thereby achieving high data rates without causing interference to other spatial zones.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs dynamic beam steering where directional antennas can be repositioned and reoriented in real-time. This dynamic adjustment allows the system to adapt beam directions to avoid interference, dynamically allocating spatial resources and adjusting transmission paths based on current network conditions and user positions.
3Reliability
If directional steerable antennas are positioned on each side of wireless radios, then interference is minimized and communication reliability improves, but device complexity and installation requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the antenna system into multiple directional steerable antennas positioned on each side of wireless radios, with each antenna dedicated to a specific spatial zone. This segmentation provides reliable communication by ensuring that each radio has dedicated transmission paths in all directions, minimizing interference through spatial separation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements multi-functionality by enabling each wireless radio to communicate with multiple end devices simultaneously through its array of directional antennas. Each radio can serve multiple clients in different spatial zones at the same time, providing universal connectivity while maintaining high data rates through directional beam focusing.
4Object-affected harmful factors
If wireless radios are situated 10 meters apart in a grid layout, then interference between adjacent radios is reduced, but network coverage area and infrastructure cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the frequency parameter to 60 GHz, which enables more aggressive frequency reuse due to the highly directional nature of 60 GHz beams. This allows wireless radios to be positioned 10 meters apart while maintaining adequate signal strength and minimizing interference, as the directional beams do not spread as widely as lower frequency transmissions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs dynamic beam steering to optimize the coverage and interference characteristics of each radio. By dynamically adjusting beam directions and widths, the system can adapt to varying spatial requirements, ensuring that 10-meter spacing provides sufficient interference protection while still delivering adequate coverage to nearby end devices.
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 configuration achieves a 129-fold increase in data transfer rates to 7 Gbs, enabling efficient multimedia delivery and streaming, as well as secure and targeted advertising, while minimizing interference and ensuring reliable high-speed connectivity within enterprises.
Implementation Method 1
each frequency wirelessly transmitting at 60 Gigahertz (GHz) using directional steerable antennas
Data Source
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
AI summary
High speed wireless infrastructures and techniques are provided. Wireless radios are situated within an enterprise, each radio positioned at the end of the wireless frequency range for that of a neighboring radio. Each radio wireless transmits using direction steerable antennas at 60 Gigahertz. At least one radio is interfaced to a back-end enterprise information server (301). Each radio capable of interfacing to a consumer's wireless device within the enterprise when that wireless device is within range of the directional steerable antennas. The wireless radios and the back-end information server (301) combine to form a high speed wireless communication network within the enterprise.