Guided Wave Communication on Insulated Transmission Media
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wireless infrastructure faces challenges in providing high bandwidth due to increased data usage, particularly in supporting smart devices and broadband services, as existing technologies struggle to efficiently manage interference and propagation losses in electromagnetic waves.
Innovation Solution
A guided wave communication system that induces electromagnetic waves on insulated transmission media, such as wires, without requiring an electrical circuit, allowing for propagation along the wire's surface with reduced interference and increased efficiency by using couplers and transceivers to launch and extract guided waves at millimeter-wave frequencies.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If electromagnetic waves are transmitted through conventional wireless infrastructure, then data transmission capability is provided, but propagation losses and interference increase with distance and device density
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an insulated transmission medium as an intermediary carrier between transmitter and receiver. The guided electromagnetic waves propagate along this intermediate medium rather than through free space, reducing propagation losses and interference while maintaining data transmission capability. The insulated medium acts as a mediator that guides the electromagnetic energy efficiently over distance.
2Productivity
If more wireless infrastructure is deployed to support increased data usage, then bandwidth capacity increases, but interference between signals and devices increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the electromagnetic wave propagation into multiple independent insulated transmission mediums (such as multiple wires or cables). Each medium can carry its own guided electromagnetic waves independently, allowing multiple data streams to coexist without interfering with each other. This segmentation enables increased bandwidth capacity while maintaining signal integrity through physical isolation of different signal paths.
3Loss of energy
If guided electromagnetic waves are used on insulated transmission media, then propagation losses are reduced, but device complexity increases due to required couplers and transceivers
Solution Approach 1:
The insulated transmission medium itself provides the guiding function for electromagnetic waves, utilizing its inherent insulating properties to confine and direct the wave propagation. The medium's physical structure (insulation layer) automatically performs the function of wave guidance without requiring additional active control mechanisms, reducing the complexity burden compared to systems needing complex active interference management.
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 enables efficient data transmission with reduced propagation losses and interference, supporting higher bandwidth needs and extending network connectivity, particularly in urban areas with dense device usage.
Implementation Method 1
A method includes generating, by a coupler, a plurality of electromagnetic waves bound at least in part to an insulated transmission medium, wherein the plurality of electromagnetic waves propagate along the insulated transmission medium without an electrical return path
Implementation Method 2
electromagnetic waves bound at least in part to an insulated transmission medium, wherein the plurality of electromagnetic waves propagate along the insulated transmission medium
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AI summary
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, receiving a plurality of communication signals, and generating, according to the plurality of communication signals, signals that induce a plurality of electromagnetic waves bound at least in part to a dielectric material. Each electromagnetic wave of the plurality of electromagnetic waves conveys at least one communication signal of the plurality of communication signals, and the plurality of electromagnetic waves has a multiplexing configuration that reduces an interference between the plurality of electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed.