System and method for transmitting data via wave reflection
OwnerColin Dugald Brodheadinventor
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Abstract
A system and method of encoding and transmitting data includes a data receiver/carrier transmitter which transmits a sinusoidal carrier signal to a data source/carrier receiver. The data source encodes at least one transmission channel during a corresponding period. The carrier is reflected back to the data receiver with an amplitude proportional to the degree of applied impedance such that the total amplitude of the transmitted and reflected cycles represents encoded data, yet the underlying carrier signal remains an un-modulated sinusoid.
Claims18
A method of transmitting data, the method comprising:
- transmitting a sinusoidal signal as a purely sinusoidal wave having an amplitude from a carrier transmitter to an impedance control stage of a carrier receiver;
- producing a reflected signal within the carrier receiver in response to a combination of the sinusoidal signal and an impedance value representative of a data value available for transmission, wherein the reflected signal is a sinusoidal wave;
- transmitting the reflected signal to the carrier transmitter;
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- decoding the reflected signal to identify the data value.
A method of transmitting data, the method comprising:
- transmitting a sinusoidal carrier signal having an amplitude on a transmission channel from a data receiver to a data transmitter;
- encoding at least one cycle of the sinusoidal carrier signal by altering an impedance of the transmission channel during a corresponding cycle;
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- reflecting the at least one cycle of the sinusoidal carrier signal from the data transmitter to the data receiver as a sinusoidal wave having an amplitude proportional to a degree of the altered impedance, such that a combination of the amplitude of the transmitted sinusoidal carrier signal and the reflected sinusoidal carrier signal represents encoded data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.