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US 11,109,207 B2Granted
Long-range narrowband transmission using near vertical incidence skywave (NVIS)
AssigneeCable Television Laboratories, Inc.
InventorMario Di Dio
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Abstract
Long-range, narrowband transmission using near vertical incidence skywave (NVIS) or other communications relying upon reflection off of the ionosphere to facilitate communications is contemplated, such as to enable low-power, low-rate wireless transmission of data from sensors, IoT devices or other componentry over large distances.
Claims11
A method for maximizing a communication range of a IoT device to facilitate long-range, narrowband wireless transmission of data, the method comprising:
- receiving data from the IoT device, the IoT device generating the data at a first frequency greater than a minimum frequency required for Near Vertical Incidence Skywave (NVIS) communications;
- converting the data to a second frequency sufficient for NVIS communications;
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- transmitting the data at the second frequency from an NVIS antenna associated with the sensor.
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A system for long-range, narrowband wireless transmission of data, the system comprising:
- an IoT device generating the data, the IoT device generating the data at a first frequency greater than a minimum frequency required for Near Vertical Incidence Skywave (NVIS) communications;
- a converter receiving the data from the lot device, the converter converting the data to a second frequency sufficient for NVIS communications;
- and a transmitter receiving the data from the converter, the transmitter including an antenna for transmitting the data off of the ionosphere at the second frequency.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.