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US 2015/0307116 A1Published application
Systems and Methods for Using a Railroad Rail as Radiating Element for Transmitting Wireless Communications Signals
AssigneeMeteorcomm LLC
InventorArun Naidu
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Abstract
A railroad communication system includes a radio transmitter for generating radio communications signals and a length of railroad rail coupled to the radio transmitter. The length of rail is disposed on a set of nonconductive railroad ties to form a transmission line for radiating the radio communications signals to a radio receiver in a vicinity of the length of railroad rail.
Claims20
A railroad communication system comprising:
- a radio transmitter for generating radio communications signals;
- and
- a length of railroad rail coupled to the radio transmitter and disposed on a set of nonconductive railroad ties to form a transmission line for radiating the radio communications signals to a radio receiver in a vicinity of the length of railroad rail.
A method for radio communication in a railroad system comprising:
- coupling a radio transmitter to a length of railroad rail disposed on a plurality of railroad ties to form a transmission line;
- and
- transmitting radio communications signals with the radio transmitter through the length of railroad rail such that the radio communications signals are radiated from the railroad rail for reception by a radio receiver in a vicinity of the length of railroad rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.