Guided Wave Communication System Using Couplers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wireless communication systems face challenges in providing high bandwidth and efficient data transmission, especially with the increasing demand for broadband services, as they require additional infrastructure and complex electrical return paths for signal propagation.
Innovation Solution
A guided wave communication system that uses electromagnetic waves bound to a transmission medium, such as wires, to propagate signals without the need for electrical return paths, utilizing couplers to launch and extract waves at millimeter-wave frequencies, enabling efficient data transmission over long distances with reduced loss.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If traditional wireless infrastructure is used to provide broadband access, then coverage area is extended, but bandwidth capability and data transmission efficiency deteriorate due to infrastructure complexity and electrical return path requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional electrical signal transmission through wired infrastructure with electromagnetic wave propagation through air or vacuum. This substitution eliminates the need for complex electrical return paths and physical infrastructure, thereby improving data transmission efficiency while maintaining broadband coverage capability.
2Area of stationary object
If macrocell base station devices are deployed to address increased data demand, then coverage area is maintained, but bandwidth capability deteriorates due to infrastructure complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes millimeter-wave frequencies (30-300 GHz) for electromagnetic wave transmission, representing a significant parameter change from traditional lower frequencies. This frequency parameter change enables higher bandwidth capability and improved data transmission efficiency, while the guided wave mode reduces propagation loss compared to conventional wireless transmission.
3Loss of energy
If small cell deployment is pursued to provide additional mobile bandwidth, then bandwidth capability is improved, but device complexity and infrastructure requirements worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs transmission medium interfaces that can operate with various types of transmission media (insulated wires, uninsulated wires, cables, waveguides). This universal interface design allows the system to function as both a communication system and potentially a power transmission system, reducing overall infrastructure complexity while maintaining high bandwidth capability.
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 solution allows for reliable and efficient data transmission with reduced propagation loss, supporting high-bandwidth communication without the need for complex electrical infrastructure, and can operate on various transmission media, including insulated and uninsulated wires.
Implementation Method 1
A transmission device receives a communication signal that includes data and generates guided waves to convey the data via the transmission medium to a remote transmission device
Implementation Method 2
The inducement of guided electromagnetic waves on a transmission medium can be independent of any electrical potential, charge or current that is injected or otherwise transmitted through the transmission medium as part of an electrical circuit
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, including a radio frequency interface configured to receive, from a radio frequency identification device, a first wireless signal of a first carrier frequency that indicates a personal identifier. A transceiver can be configured to generate a transmission signal of second carrier frequency that indicates the personal identifier and location information associated with the device and to transmit electromagnetic waves in response to the transmission signal at a first physical interface of a transmission medium that propagate without requiring an electrical return path. The electromagnetic waves are guided by the transmission medium and are received by a receiving device at a second physical interface of the transmission medium, and the transmission signal can be extracted from the electromagnetic waves by the receiving device. Other embodiments are disclosed.