Wireless Signal Translator for Cross-Protocol Frequency Bridging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless devices, such as RFID devices, often operate using specific frequencies and communication protocols, making them incompatible with access devices that lack the necessary capabilities, leading to communication barriers and high costs for devices that can bridge these gaps.
Innovation Solution
A wireless electronic device translation system with a translator that includes a first and second antenna, a controlling unit, and a power supply, capable of receiving signals at a first frequency, interpreting the communication content, and translating it to a second frequency for communication with a second device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If access devices use multiple frequencies and communication protocols to communicate with different wireless devices, then communication compatibility is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a translator device as an intermediary between the access device and wireless devices operating at different frequencies. The translator receives signals from the access device, converts them to the appropriate frequency and protocol, and transmits them to the target wireless device. This mediator approach allows the access device to maintain simple single-frequency operation while achieving multi-frequency communication capability through the translator.
Solution Approach 2:
The communication system is segmented into distinct functional components: the access device, the translator, and the wireless device. Each component operates at its optimized frequency and protocol, avoiding the need for every device to support all frequencies. The translator handles the complexity of frequency conversion, allowing other components to remain simple.
2Adaptability or versatility
If access devices are equipped with capabilities to communicate with all types of wireless devices, then communication versatility is improved, but device cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The translator serves as a cost-effective intermediary that provides multi-frequency translation capability without requiring the access device or wireless devices to be expensive multi-frequency units. The translator handles the costly frequency conversion functionality, allowing the other devices to remain simple and inexpensive.
Solution Approach 2:
The translator creates a virtual copy of the communication interface needed for different frequencies. Instead of physically equipping each device with multiple frequency capabilities, the translator replicates the necessary communication protocols and frequency translations software-defined, reducing hardware costs.
3Device complexity
If wireless devices operate on specific frequencies only, then device simplicity is maintained, but communication capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The translator acts as a gateway that preserves the simplicity of single-frequency wireless devices while enabling their communication with multi-frequency access devices. The translator handles all frequency conversion complexity, allowing wireless devices to remain simple without sacrificing their communication capability across different frequency bands.
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AI summary
In some embodiments, a wireless electronic device translation system includes a translator that includes a first antenna, a second antenna, and a controlling unit coupled to the first antenna and the second antenna. The translator may be configured to receive a wireless communication signal transmitted from a first electronic device at a first frequency, interpret a communication content from the wireless communication signal using a first communication protocol, translate the first communication content to be transmitted as a wireless translated signal using a second communication protocol, and transmit the wireless translated signal at a second frequency to be received by a second electronic device.