Telecommunications Terminal Wireless Energy Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Machine-to-machine communication devices used in logistics often experience battery failures during long transport routes or harsh conditions, leading to disruptions in communication with telecommunications networks, especially when the battery charge is insufficient.
Innovation Solution
The method involves telecommunications terminals with both long-distance and short-range communication interfaces, and energy stores, allowing for bidirectional energy transmission between adjacent terminals using inductive, resonant, solar, or piezoelectric charging methods to maintain operational energy levels, ensuring continuous communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If telecommunications terminals use conventional battery power for long transport routes, then the devices can operate independently, but the battery charge becomes insufficient leading to high failure rates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a peer-to-peer energy sharing system where telecommunications terminals automatically detect neighboring devices with sufficient charge and request energy transfer. The system enables devices to serve each other's energy needs without external intervention, with the energy transmission interface detecting charge states and initiating wireless energy transfer autonomously when another device has excess capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple functional interfaces into integrated components: the energy transmission interface serves both as a charging receiver and an energy transmitter, the communication interface handles both data and energy transfer coordination, and the system merges wireless power transfer technology with existing M2M communication protocols to create a unified solution.
2Duration of action of moving object
If telecommunications terminals are equipped with larger energy stores, then operational duration increases, but device size and weight increase
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of each device carrying excessive energy reserves, the system enables terminals to dynamically access energy from neighboring devices through wireless transfer. The energy transmission interface continuously monitors charge states and automatically establishes energy sharing connections, allowing devices to extend operational duration without increasing individual battery capacity or weight.
Solution Approach 2:
The energy transmission interface is designed to perform multiple functions: receiving wireless energy transfers, transmitting energy to other devices, detecting charge states of neighboring terminals, and coordinating energy sharing protocols. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate dedicated charging components that would add weight.
3Device complexity
If telecommunications terminals use passive tracking methods like barcodes or RFID, then device complexity is reduced, but communication continuity and tracking precision are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables terminals to autonomously maintain communication capability by detecting energy levels and initiating energy transfer requests through short-range communication interfaces. When energy becomes low, the device automatically seeks neighboring terminals with excess charge and establishes peer-to-peer energy transfer, ensuring continuous operation without external charging infrastructure or complex power management systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses wireless energy transfer as an intermediary mechanism to solve the communication continuity problem. Rather than directly managing battery life or using complex power management circuits, the system introduces an energy sharing intermediary that automatically extends operational duration, allowing simple terminal designs to achieve reliable continuous communication.
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 significantly reduces device failures and enables uninterrupted shipment tracking by allowing terminals to share energy and maintain connectivity, even in areas with limited network coverage or harsh conditions.
Implementation Method 1
The charging process takes place in a bidirectional manner and/or in a multidirectional manner, which is in contrast to the current implementation of energy charging processes
Implementation Method 2
The charging process takes place in a bidirectional manner and/or in a multidirectional manner
Implementation Method 3
the charging process to be based on solar energy, in particular photovoltaics
Implementation Method 4
based on a charging process based on movement-induced charging and/or by a charging process based on the piezoelectric effect
Implementation Method 5
by a charging process based on the Seebeck effect
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for communication between at least one first telecommunication terminal and a second telecommunication terminal, wherein the first telecommunication terminal and the second telecommunication terminal each have a wide-area communications interface and a close-range communications interface, wherein the wide-area communications interfaces of the first and second telecommunication terminal are configured for data exchange with a telecommunication network, wherein the close-range communications interfaces of the first and second telecommunication terminal are configured for data exchange between the first and the second telecommunication terminal, wherein the first telecommunication terminal and the second telecommunication terminal each have an energy store for storing electrical energy and each have an energy transmission interface, wherein the energy transmission interface of the first and second telecommunication terminal are configured both for the transmission of electrical energy to the energy store of the first and/or second telecommunication terminal and also for the transmission of electrical energy away from the energy store of the first and/or second telecommunication terminal, wherein the method for the case of a state of charge of the energy store of the first telecommunication terminal that is lower than a predefined reference state of charge comprises the following steps: in a first method step, via the close-range communications interface of the first telecommunication terminal and via the close-range communications interface of the second telecommunication terminal, a message comprising an item of energy transmission information is transmitted to the second telecommunication terminal, a second method step following the first method step or a third method step following the first method step is carried out, wherein, in the second method step, the state of charge of the energy store of the first telecommunication terminal is raised by the energy transmission interface of the first telecommunication terminal and via the energy transmission interface of the second telecommunication terminal, wherein, in the third method step, at least one message – for the first telecommunication terminal – is transmitted between the telecommunication network and the second telecommunication terminal via the wide-area communications interface of the second telecommunication terminal.