Systems, devices and methods for wireless transmission of signals through a faraday cage

A wireless communication system for communicating through a waveguide port of a Faraday cage, the wireless communications system comprising:

• one or more internal wireless communication devices located within the Faraday cage, and one or more external wireless communication devices located external to the Faraday cage, wherein said one or more internal wireless communication devices and said one or more external wireless communication devices are configured for wireless communication within a frequency band that lies above a cutoff frequency of said waveguide port;
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• a wireless bridge device comprising an antenna and a transceiver operably connected to said antenna, wherein at least a portion of said wireless bridge device is housed within said waveguide port, such that said antenna resides within said waveguide port;
• wherein said antenna resides within said waveguide port at an antenna location that is suitable for to support the transmission and reception of wireless signals to and from said one or more internal wireless communication devices and to and from said one or more external wireless communications devices.

A wireless communication system for communicating through a waveguide port of a Faraday cage, the wireless communications system comprising:

• one or more internal wireless communication devices located within the Faraday cage, and one or more external wireless communication devices located external to the Faraday cage;
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• a wireless bridge device comprising an antenna and a transceiver operably connected to said antenna, wherein at least a portion of said wireless bridge device is housed within said waveguide port, such that said antenna resides within said waveguide port;
• wherein a conductive path is provided within a first longitudinal portion of said waveguide port, wherein said first longitudinal portion extends between a first side of said waveguide port and an intermediate location within said waveguide port, and wherein said conductive path is unshielded and resides within said first longitudinal portion without making electrical contact with said Faraday cage, such that the propagation of electromagnetic waves is supported within said first longitudinal portion of said waveguide port, and
• wherein a second longitudinal portion of said waveguide port is absent of said conductive path, said second longitudinal portion extending between said intermediate location and a second side of said waveguide port, such that electromagnetic waves having a frequency below a cutoff frequency of said waveguide port are attenuated within said second longitudinal portion, thereby preserving the functionality of said waveguide port as a high-pass filter;
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• wherein said antenna resides within said waveguide port at an antenna location that is sufficiently close to said second side of said waveguide port to support the transmission and reception of wireless signals to and from said one or more internal wireless communication devices, and wherein said first longitudinal portion is of sufficient length to support the transmission and reception of wireless signals to and from said one or more external wireless communications devices.