Smart Arm Pole Mount With Robust Antenna Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless infrastructure, such as lamp posts and street poles, face challenges in providing reliable and robust wireless communication in harsh outdoor environments, particularly due to issues like levering forces from wind and animals, which can lead to antenna failure and inconsistent operation.
Innovation Solution
The integration of a multimedia light pole with a robust antenna system featuring multiple points of attachment and a sealed, epoxy-filled housing to minimize torque and ensure reliable wireless signaling, combined with a smart arm design for environmental sensing and multimedia capabilities, including energy-efficient LED lighting and secure communication features.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a single-point antenna attachment is used on light poles, then installation is simple, but the antenna experiences levering forces from wind and animals leading to failure and inconsistent operation
Solution Approach 1:
The antenna attachment system is segmented into multiple attachment points distributed around the pole rather than a single point. This segmentation distributes the mechanical loads from wind and animal contact across multiple locations, preventing the levering forces that cause single-point attachment failures while maintaining installation feasibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates beforehand cushioning by designing the attachment mechanism to anticipate and absorb the impact forces from animals and wind loads before they can cause damage. The multi-point attachment geometry inherently provides mechanical advantage that cushions the pole structure against these external forces.
2Productivity
If traditional wireless infrastructure is deployed in harsh outdoor environments, then coverage is provided, but the equipment suffers from environmental stressors including wind and animal interference
Solution Approach 1:
The antenna housing employs composite materials that combine structural integrity with environmental resistance. The composite construction provides protection against harsh outdoor conditions including wind loads and animal interference while maintaining the wireless coverage functionality, addressing both productivity and environmental resistance requirements.
3Reliability
If robust antenna systems with multiple attachment points are implemented, then reliability against environmental forces improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment system is designed with universality in mind, where the same multi-point attachment mechanism serves multiple functions: providing mechanical support, distributing wind loads, resisting animal forces, and enabling straightforward installation. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components for each function, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity.
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AI summary
Multimedia poles, light poles and/or other structures capable of facilitating multiple operations, such as sensing, lighting, messaging, etc., optionally in a connected manner whereby devices positioned at different locations may communication to implement coordinated activities, are contemplated.