Rapid Deployment Communications Tile
AssigneeThe Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsMatthew Lazzaro, William Toth
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Abstract
Various embodiments are described that relate to a rapid deployment communications tile. As opposed to running various data and/or power wires, a construction crew can use set of tiles that have built in data and/or power transmission capabilities. These tiles can be keyed such that they interlock together to form a relatively uniform surface, such that the surface can also be used as a floor. Further, the tiles can have hardware components that enable the data and/or power transmission capabilities. These hardware components can be environmentally protected such that their performance is not subject to environmental factors.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a first tile, comprising:
- a conduit that transmits a media upon the first tile;
- and
- an engagement mechanism that causes the conduit to operatively couple with a second tile such that the media travels upon the conduit of the first tile in connection with travelling upon the second tile.
A system, comprising:
- a supply tile configured to supply a media;
- and
- an access tile configured to afford access to the media;
- and
- a transmission tile configured to transmit the media supplied by the supply tile to the access tile,
- where the supply tile and the transmission tile are operatively coupled together and interconnect with one another in a keyed manner and
- where the transmission tile and the access tile are operatively coupled together and interconnect with one another in a keyed manner.
A system, comprising:
- a recognition component to recognize a situation where a transmission failure occurs in a tile environment, where the tile environment transmits media from one location of the tile environment to another and where the tile environment is a plurality of interlocking tiles that are operatively coupled to one another;
- an analysis component to analyze the tile environment to produce an analysis result;
- and
- an identification component to identify a failure tile of the tile environment that causes the transmission failure, where the failure is identified through use of the analysis result,
- where the recognition component, the analysis component, the identification component, or a combination thereof is implemented, at least in part, by way of non-software.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.