Re-generation and re-transmission of millimeter waves for building penetration

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10187156-B2
Application number	US-201816030505-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 9, 2018
Priority date	Apr 4, 2014
Publication date	Jan 22, 2019
Grant date	Jan 22, 2019

Abstract

A system for enabling signal penetration into a building includes a first transceiver, located on an outside of the building, for transmitting and receiving signals at a first frequency outside of the building, wherein the signals at the first frequency do not easily penetrate into an interior of the building. A first up/down converter converts between a first version of the signals at the first frequency and a second version of the signals at a second frequency. The first frequency is higher than the second frequency and the signals at the second frequency better penetrate to the interior of the building and overcome losses caused by penetrating into an interior of the building. A second up/down converter converts between the second version of the signals at the second frequency that overcomes the losses caused by penetrating into the interior of the building and a third version of the signals after transmission from the building exterior to the building interior. A router transmits and receives the third version of the signals within the interior of the building.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for enabling signal penetration into a building, comprising:
first circuitry, located on an outside of the building, for receiving signals at a first frequency that does not easily penetrate into an interior of the building and converting the signals at the first frequency into a format that overcomes losses caused by penetrating into the interior of the building over a wireless communications link, wherein the first circuitry further comprises:
a first RF transceiver, located on the outside of the building, for transmitting and receiving the signals at the first frequency containing data outside of the building;
a first up/down converter, connected to the first RF transceiver and located on the outside of the building, for converting between a first version of the signals at the first frequency and a second version of the signals at a second frequency, wherein the first frequency is higher than the second frequency and the second frequency better penetrates to the interior of the building than the first frequency;
a second RF transceiver for transmitting and receiving the signals at the second frequency to/from the interior of the building;

second circuitry, located on the interior of the building and communicatively linked with the first circuitry via the wireless communications link, for receiving the second version of the signals at the second frequency that overcomes the losses caused by penetrating into the interior of the building, wherein the second circuitry further comprises:
a third RF transceiver for receiving and transmitting the second version of the signals at the second frequency from/to the outside of the building;
a second up/down converter, connected to the third RF transceiver, for converting between the second version of the signals at the second frequency and a WiFi version of the signals; and
a router connected to the second up/down converter for transmitting and receiving the WiFi version of the signals within the interior of the building.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the signals at the first frequency comprises millimeter wave signals.

3. The system of claim 1 further including at least one solar panel associated with the first up/down converter, the at least one solar panel providing power for operating the first up/down converter.

4. The system of claim 1 further including a laser power system for providing power to the first up/down converter, the laser power system further comprising:
a laser for generating a laser beam for transmission of light energy from the interior of the building to the outside of the building; and
a photovoltaic receiver for receiving the light energy from the laser beam and generating electrical energy to power the first up/down converter.

5. The system of claim 1 further including an inductive coupling system for providing power to the first up/down converter, the inductive coupling system further comprising:
a first inductive coil located on the interior of the building and connected to a power system located in the interior of the building; and
a second inductive coil located on the outside of the building and inductively coupled to the first inductive coil, the second inductive coil connected to provide electrical energy to the first up/down converter.

6. A system for enabling signal penetration into a building, comprising:
first circuitry, located on an outside of the building, for receiving millimeter wave signals at a first frequency that does not easily penetrate into an interior of the building and converting the millimeter wave signals at the first frequency into a format that overcomes losses caused by penetrating into the interior of the building over a wireless communications link, wherein the first circuitry further comprises:
a first RF transceiver, located on the outside of the building, for transmitting and receiving the millimeter wave signals at the first frequency containing data outside of the building;
a first up/down converter, connected to the first RF transceiver and located on the outside of a window of the building, for converting between a first version of the millimeter wave signals at the first frequency and a second version of the millimeter wave signals at a second frequency, wherein the first frequency is higher than the second frequency and the second frequency better penetrates to the interior of the building than the first frequency;

second circuitry, located on the interior of the building and communicatively linked with the first circuitry via the wireless communications link, for receiving the millimeter wave second version of the signals at the second frequency that overcomes the losses caused by penetrating into the interior of the building, wherein the second circuitry further comprises:
a second up/down converter, connected to receive the second version of the signals at the second frequency over the wireless communications link, for converting between the second version of the signals at the second frequency and a third version of the signals for transmission into within the interior of the building.

7. The system of claim 6 further including at least one solar panel associated with the first up/down converter, the at least one solar panel providing power for operating the first up/down converter.

8. The system of claim 6 further including a laser power system for providing power to the first up/down converter, the laser power system further comprising:
a laser for generating a laser beam for transmission of light energy from the interior of the building to the outside of the building; and
a photovoltaic receiver for receiving the light energy from the laser beam and generating electrical energy to power the first up/down converter.

9. The system of claim 6 further including an inductive coupling system for providing power to the first up/down converter, the inductive coupling system further comprising:
a first inductive coil located on the interior of the building and connected to a power system located in the interior of the building; and
a second inductive coil located on the outside of the building and inductively coupled to the first inductive coil, the second inductive coil connected to provide electrical energy to the first up/down converter.

10. The system of claim 6 , wherein the first circuitry further includes a first transceiver for transmitting and receiving the millimeter wave signals at the second frequency to/from the interior of the building.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the second circuitry further includes a second transceiver for receiving and transmitting the millimeter wave signals at the second frequency from/to the outside of the building.

12. The system of claim 6 further including a router connected to the second up/down converter for transmitting and receiving the third version of the millimeter wave signals within the interior of the building.

13. A system for enabling signal penetration into a building, comprising:
a first transceiver, located on an outside of the building, for transmitting and receiving signals at a first frequency outside of the building, wherein the signals at the first frequency does not easily penetrate into an interior of the building;
a first up/down converter, connected to the first transceiver and located on the outside of the building, for converting between a first version of the signals at the first frequency and a second version of the signals at a second frequency, wherein the first frequency is higher than the second frequency and the signals at the second frequency better penetrate to the interior of the building than the sign

Assignees

• Nxgen Partners Ip Llc
• Nxgnen Partners Ip Llc

Inventors

• Ashrafi Solyman

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