Hub and probe system and method
AssigneeCocomo MB Communications, Inc.
InventorsRobert W. Haight, James Milton Marshall
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Abstract
A method is afforded for utilizing and implementing a hub and probe system in a wireless communication structure. A hub communicates a first signal. The signal is communicated via evanescent waves created by an exciter. A probe receives the signal from the exciter via the evanescent waves. Conductive elements included in walls of the wireless communications structure receive a second signal from the probe. The conductive elements communicate the second signal to the exciter. The exciter passes the second signal back to the exciter.
Claims22
A hub and probe system in a wireless communications structure, comprising:
- (a) a hub for communicating at least one first signal, wherein the signal is communicated via evanescent waves created by an exciter;
- (b) a probe for receiving the signal;
- (c) conductive elements included in walls of the wireless communications structure for receiving at least one second signal from the probe, the conductive elements communicating the second signal to the exciter;
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- (d) wherein the second signal is passed back to the hub via the exciter.
A method for utilizing a hub and probe system in a wireless communications structure, comprising the steps of:
- (a) communicating at least one first signal, wherein the signal is communicated via evanescent waves created by an exciter;
- (b) allowing a probe to receive the signal;
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- (c) receiving at least one second signal from the probe via the exciter, the exciter receiving the second signal from the probe via conductive elements in walls of the structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.