Single Chipset Hybrid Wireless-Wireline Gateway
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing home networking systems require multiple devices or chipsets to achieve robust, reliable, high-bandwidth, and low-latency data transmission, which is cost-prohibitive.
Innovation Solution
A system and method using a single networking chipset with multiple antenna inputs for concurrent wired and wireless data transmission, employing MIMO wireless radios and beamforming techniques to provide robust transception over multiple communication paths.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple networking technologies and devices are included in a home networking system to achieve robust and reliable connection, then the connection reliability is improved, but the system cost increases and becomes too cost prohibitive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple networking technologies (wireless Wi-Fi and wired Ethernet) into a single gateway device that can operate both wireless and wired network connections simultaneously. This merging allows the system to achieve robust connectivity through multiple paths without requiring separate dedicated devices for each networking technology, thereby reducing overall system cost while maintaining high reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The gateway device is designed with multi-functionality, serving as both a wireless access point and a wired network interface. It can simultaneously provide wireless connectivity to mobile devices and wired connectivity to stationary devices, while also functioning as a router and network switch. This universal design eliminates the need for multiple specialized devices, reducing cost while maintaining connection reliability.
2Reliability
If multiple networking technologies and devices are included in a home networking system to achieve robust and reliable connection, then the connection reliability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges wireless networking capabilities and wired networking capabilities into a single integrated gateway device. This consolidation reduces the total number of devices in the network while maintaining the reliability benefits of having both wireless and wired connection options available simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The gateway device performs multiple functions including wireless access point, wired network interface, router, and network switch. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate dedicated devices for each function, simplifying the overall system architecture while maintaining connection reliability through diverse communication paths.
3Device complexity
If a single networking chipset is used to reduce cost, then the system cost is reduced, but the ability to provide robust reception and transmission at high-bandwidth and low-latency may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The single gateway device merges both wireless and wired transmission capabilities, allowing data to be transmitted simultaneously through multiple communication paths. This enables high-bandwidth data transmission by utilizing both wireless and wired interfaces concurrently, maintaining productivity while reducing system cost through device consolidation.
Solution Approach 2:
The gateway device dynamically selects and switches between wireless and wired communication paths based on real-time network conditions, device requirements, and available bandwidth. This dynamic adaptation ensures optimal data transmission performance with low latency by automatically choosing the most efficient path, maintaining high productivity while using a cost-effective single-device architecture.
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AI summary
A device and method for communicating information using a plurality of communication paths is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device transmits provides information between a port of a wireless transceiver to a coaxial power connector coupled to a coaxial cable network, thereby providing a wired communication path from one network device to another network device to augment or replace the wireless communication path between the same devices.