Guided Wave Communication System Phase Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing demand for higher bandwidth in wireless infrastructure due to increased data usage in smartphones and portable devices poses challenges for existing macrocell base station devices, particularly in providing efficient broadband access and managing electromagnetic wave propagation with minimal loss.
Innovation Solution
A guided wave communication system that utilizes electromagnetic waves bound to a transmission medium, such as wires or dielectric materials, to propagate signals without requiring an electrical circuit, allowing for efficient data transmission with reduced propagation losses by leveraging the transmission medium's surface for signal propagation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If electromagnetic waves are transmitted through traditional wireless infrastructure, then bandwidth capability can be increased, but propagation losses increase and transmission distance is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a transmission medium (such as a wire or dielectric material) as an intermediary to guide electromagnetic waves. This mediator enables the waves to propagate with reduced losses compared to traditional free-space wireless transmission, thereby extending transmission distance while maintaining bandwidth capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the propagation parameter by transitioning electromagnetic waves from free-space propagation to guided propagation along a transmission medium. This parameter change reduces attenuation and allows for longer transmission distances while preserving signal integrity and bandwidth.
2Reliability
If macrocell base station devices are used to provide broadband access, then coverage area is extended, but efficiency decreases due to higher propagation losses
Solution Approach 1:
A transmission medium serves as an intermediary between the base station and remote devices, guiding electromagnetic waves along a defined path. This intermediary structure reduces energy loss compared to omnidirectional macrocell transmission, improving broadband access efficiency while maintaining coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by concentrating electromagnetic energy along a specific transmission path rather than dispersing it over a wide area. This focused energy distribution reduces propagation losses in the transmission medium compared to the diffuse propagation characteristic of macrocell systems.
3Length of stationary object
If transmission medium is used to guide electromagnetic waves, then propagation losses are reduced and distance is extended, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The transmission medium serves multiple functions: it guides electromagnetic waves, provides mechanical support, and defines the propagation path. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional components, thereby limiting the increase in system complexity while achieving extended transmission distance.
Solution Approach 2:
The transmission medium acts as a simple intermediary structure that naturally guides electromagnetic waves without requiring complex active components. The passive nature of the medium (wire or dielectric material) minimizes added system complexity while effectively extending transmission distance.
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, allowing for longer distances and increased bandwidth without the need for an electrical return path, thus addressing the bandwidth demands and propagation challenges in modern wireless communication networks.
Implementation Method 1
A guided wave communication system that utilizes electromagnetic waves bound to a transmission medium, such as wires or dielectric materials, to propagate signals
Implementation Method 2
a phase shifter that facilitates adjusting a phase of the first electromagnetic wave, wherein the adjusting of the phase of the first electromagnetic wave results in an adjustment of a wave mode of the combined electromagnetic wave
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AI summary
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, generating, by a first hollow waveguide coupled to a first dielectric coupler, a first electromagnetic wave that couples onto a transmission medium, generating, by a second hollow waveguide coupled to a second dielectric coupler, a second electromagnetic wave that couples onto the transmission medium, combining the first electromagnetic wave and the second electromagnetic wave combine to form a combined electromagnetic wave that propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, and adjusting a first phase of the first electromagnetic wave, a second phase of the second electromagnetic wave, or both to adjust a wave mode of the combined electromagnetic wave. Other embodiments are disclosed.