Street lighting communications, control, and special services
First Claim
1. A street lighting system, comprising:
- a radio frequency (RF) street lighting control system comprising a plurality of communication links in a 57-64 GHz frequency range;
a plurality of street lights having a luminaire, a luminaire associate, a support pole, and a power line operatively coupled to the luminaire and the luminaire associate;
a communication module within the luminaire associate that is communicatively coupled to the RF street lighting control system; and
a steerable millimeter wave radar communicatively coupled to the communications module, wherein the millimeter wave radar has a Doppler processor combined with polarimetric processing capability, further wherein the polarimetric processing is performed on a millimeter wave energy returned to the millimeter wave radar.
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Abstract
A smart street lighting system and method employs a plurality of street lights having a luminaire, a luminaire associate and a support pole. A communications module is contained within the luminaire associates and a power line is contained within the support poles. The power line is coupled to the communications module, the luminaire associate and the luminaire, and a steerable millimeter wave radar operatively coupled to the communications module. The communications module operates in a radio frequency network in a frequency range of 57-64 GHz. The steerable millimeter wave radar provides a signal reflected from a target that may be received by one of the luminaire associates within the system. A powerline communications system interfaces with the radio frequency network to provide communications between the communications modules in the street lights and the PLC system.
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16 Claims
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1. A street lighting system, comprising:
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a radio frequency (RF) street lighting control system comprising a plurality of communication links in a 57-64 GHz frequency range; a plurality of street lights having a luminaire, a luminaire associate, a support pole, and a power line operatively coupled to the luminaire and the luminaire associate; a communication module within the luminaire associate that is communicatively coupled to the RF street lighting control system; and a steerable millimeter wave radar communicatively coupled to the communications module, wherein the millimeter wave radar has a Doppler processor combined with polarimetric processing capability, further wherein the polarimetric processing is performed on a millimeter wave energy returned to the millimeter wave radar. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for communicating information using smart street lights, comprising:
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aiming a steerable millimeter wave radar comprising a Doppler processor combined with polarimetric processing capability contained within a street lighting system towards a target area; receiving a reflection of millimeter waves from the target area by a millimeter wave antenna contained within the street lighting system; processing the reflection of millimeter waves with the Doppler processor with polarimetric processing capability; performing polarimetric processing on a millimeter wave energy returned to the millimeter wave radar; and communicating the reflection of millimeter waves to a predetermined destination within the street lighting system using at least one of a plurality of radio frequency (RF) links in a 57-64 GHz frequency range. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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