Millimeter wave communication system
AssigneePine Valley Investments, Inc.
InventorGerald C. DiPiazza
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Abstract
A communication system includes a first communication module, and a second communication module. The first communication module may receive a first type of communication signal (e.g. a mobile telephone signal) and convert it into a second-type of communication signal (e.g., a millimeter wave radio signal). The first type of communication signal may be a mobile telephone signal from a first fire fighter's mobile telephone who is located outside of the building. The first communication module may transmit the second-type of communication signal to the second communication module.
Claims18
A communication system comprising:
- a first communication module configured to be mounted on a vertical outer surface of a given building;
- and a second communication module configured to be mounted on the vertical outer surface of the given building on a different vertical level from said first communications module;
- said second communication module also configured to receive radio signals from and transmit radio signals to said first communication module so that the radio signals propagate vertically along the vertical outer surface of the given building, encode the radio signals with a predetermined code based on the different vertical level of the second communication module and wherein encoding the radio signal further comprises encoding the radio signal with the predetermined code based upon at least one service priority, and transmit the radio signals horizontally into the given building.
A communication system comprising:
- a first communication module configured to be mounted on a vertical outer surface of a given building;
- and a second communication module configured to be mounted on the vertical outer surface of the given building on a different vertical level from said first communications module;
- said second communication module comprising a vertically facing antenna array configured to receive radio signals from and transmit radio signals to said first communication module so that the radio signals propagate vertically along the vertical outer surface of the given building, encode the radio signals with a predetermined code based on the different vertical level of the second communication module and wherein encoding the radio signal further comprises encoding the radio signal with the predetermined code based upon at least one service priority, and a horizontally facing antenna array configured to transmit the radio signals horizontally into the given building.
A communications method comprising:
- receiving at a first communication module a radio signal transmitted from a second communication module, wherein the first and second communication modules are mounted to a vertical outer surface of a given building at different levels;
- encoding the radio signal at the second communication module with a predetermined code based on the level of the second communication module, and wherein encoding the radio signal further comprises encoding the radio signal with the predetermined code based upon at least one service priority;
- and transmitting the radio signal from the first communication module horizontally into the given building based on the predetermined code.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.