Guided Wave Communication System for Signal Loss Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wireless infrastructure faces challenges in providing high bandwidth due to increased data usage by smartphones and other portable devices, necessitating more efficient communication methods, especially in small cell deployments and home broadband access networks.
Innovation Solution
A guided wave communication system that uses electromagnetic waves bound to transmission media like wires or dielectric materials, allowing for data transmission without requiring an electrical return path, enabling efficient propagation along various types of conductors and non-conductors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If electromagnetic waves are transmitted through free space, then wireless communication is enabled, but signal loss increases and transmission distance is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces transmission media (conductors or dielectric materials) as an intermediary between the electromagnetic wave source and the receiving end. This mediator guides and confines the electromagnetic waves, reducing energy dispersion and signal loss compared to free-space propagation, while still enabling wireless-style communication without traditional electrical return paths.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the propagation parameters of electromagnetic waves by binding them to transmission media. This alters the wave's behavior from radiative free-space propagation to guided propagation along conductors or through dielectric materials, fundamentally changing the energy loss characteristics and transmission distance parameters.
2Reliability
If traditional electrical circuits are used for data transmission, then reliable communication is achieved, but electrical return paths are required which limit flexibility
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the electrical return path requirement from traditional circuit-based communication. By using electromagnetic waves bound to transmission media, the system achieves reliable data transmission without needing complete electrical circuits, thereby removing the return path constraint while maintaining communication reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent substitutes the mechanical/electrical circuit system with an electromagnetic field-based system. Instead of relying on physical electrical connections and return paths, the invention uses electromagnetic waves guided by conductors or dielectric materials, replacing the need for traditional circuit topology with field-based energy and information transfer.
3Productivity
If bandwidth capacity is increased to meet growing data demands, then network efficiency improves, but infrastructure complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal transmission system that can operate across multiple frequencies and support various transmission paths using the same fundamental mechanism of electromagnetic waves bound to transmission media. This multi-functional approach allows bandwidth expansion without proportionally increasing infrastructure complexity, as the same basic system architecture supports diverse communication needs.
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 system reduces signal loss and enables long-distance transmission with low propagation loss, supporting multiple transmission paths and frequencies, thus enhancing bandwidth capacity and network efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
the magnetic core is magnetically coupled to a conductor that conducts an alternating current that causes a portion of the alternating magnetic flux
Implementation Method 2
regulation of the alternating magnetic flux reduces the coupling force between the first portion of the magnetic core and the second portion of the magnetic core
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, regulating an alternating magnetic flux in a magnetic core having a first portion separable from a second portion of the magnetic core. The regulation of the alternating magnetic flux causes a coupling force between the first portion of the magnetic core and the second portion of the magnetic core. Responsive to detecting a signal, modifying the regulation of the alternating magnetic flux to reduce the coupling force between the first portion of the magnetic core and the second portion of the magnetic core. Other embodiments are disclosed.