Ultra-wideband communication through a wired medium

• US 20030235236A1
• Filed: 06/21/2002
• Published: 12/25/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Holding 73 LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Pulse-Link Incorporated
• Inventors: Santhoff, John
• Application Number:
  US10/177,313
• Publication Number:
  US 20030235236A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 375/130
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/71632 Signal aspects H04B1/7172 and H04B1/7176 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/719 Interference-related aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/25751 Optical arrangements for CATV or video distribution adaptations of television systems for optical transmission H04N7/22
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/6908 using time hopping
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2203/5416 by adding signals to the wave form of the power source
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2203/5445 Local network
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/542 the information being in digital form
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/78 CATV [Community Antenna Television] systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2801 Broadband local area networks

Abstract

A method to increase the available bandwidth across a wired network is provided. The method includes transmitting an ultra-wideband signal across the wired network. One embodiment of the present invention may transmit a multiplicity of ultra-wideband signals through a community access television network. The present invention may transmit an ultra-wideband signal across an optical network, a cable television network, a community antenna television network, a community access television network, a hybrid fiber-coax network, an Internet service provider network, and a PSTN network.

Claims

1. An ultra-wideband communication system for a wired medium, comprising:

an ultra-wideband transmitter structured to transmit an ultra-wideband signal through the wired medium; and

an ultra-wideband receiver structured to receive the ultra-wideband signal from the wired medium.

2. The ultra-wideband communication system of claim 1, wherein the ultra-wideband signal comprises an impulse radio signal.

3. The ultra-wideband communication system of claim 1, wherein the ultra-wideband signal comprises a pulse of electromagnetic energy having a duration that can range between about 0.1 nanoseconds to about 100 nanoseconds.

4. The ultra-wideband communication system of claim 1, wherein the ultra-wideband signal comprises a pulse of electromagnetic energy having a duration that can range between about 0.1 nanoseconds to about 100 nanoseconds and a power that can range between about +30 power decibels to about −

60 power decibels, as measured at a single frequency.

5. The ultra-wideband communication system of claim 1, wherein the ultra-wideband transmitter comprises an ultra-wideband pulse modulator that is structured to transmit a multiplicity of ultra-wideband signals.

6. The ultra-wideband communication system of claim 1, wherein the ultra-wideband receiver comprises an ultra-wideband pulse demodulator that is structured to receive a multiplicity of ultra-wideband signals.

7. The ultra-wideband communication system of claim 1, wherein the wired medium is selected from a group consisting of:

an optical fiber ribbon, a fiber optic cable, a single mode fiber optic cable, a multi-mode fiber optic cable, a twisted pair wire, an unshielded twisted pair wire, a plenum wire, a PVC wire, a coaxial cable, and an electrically conductive material.

8. The ultra-wideband communication system of claim 1, wherein the wired medium is selected from a group consisting of:

a power line, an optical network, a cable television network, a community antenna television network, a community access television network, a hybrid fiber coax system network, a public switched telephone network, a wide area network, a local area network, a metropolitan area network, a TCP/IP network, a dial-up network, a switched network, a dedicated network, a nonswitched network, a public network and a private network.

9. The ultra-wideband communication system of claim 1, wherein the ultra-wideband signal is used to transmit data selected from a group consisting of:

telephony data, high-speed data, digital video data, digital television data, Internet communication data and audio data.

10. The ultra-wideband communication system of claim 1, wherein the ultra-wideband signal comprises a multiplicity of pulse quadrature amplitude modulated signals.

11. The ultra-wideband communication system of claim 1, wherein the ultra-wideband signal comprises a multiplicity of pulse position modulated signals.

12. The ultra-wideband communication system of claim 1, wherein the ultra-wideband signal comprises a multiplicity of pulse amplitude modulated signals.

13. The ultra-wideband communication system of claim 1, wherein the ultra-wideband signal is modulated at a fixed pulse rate frequency.

14. The ultra-wideband communication system of claim 1, wherein the ultra-wideband signal is modulated at a variable pulse rate frequency.

15. The ultra-wideband communication system of claim 1, wherein the ultra-wideband signal is modulated at a pseudo-random pulse rate frequency.

16. An ultra-wideband system structured to transmit and receive data through a substantially continuous wired medium, the ultra-wideband system comprising:

an ultra-wideband transmitter positioned at a first location on the substantially continuous wired medium, the ultra-wideband transmitter structured to transmit an ultra-wideband signal through the wired medium; and

an ultra-wideband receiver positioned at a second location on the substantially continuous wired medium, the ultra-wideband receiver structured to receive the ultra-wideband signal from the wired medium.

17. The ultra-wideband system of claim 16, wherein the substantially continuous wired medium is selected from a group consisting of:

a power line, an optical network, a cable television network, a community antenna television network, a community access television network, and a hybrid fiber coax system.

18. The ultra-wideband system of claim 16, wherein the substantially continuous wired medium is selected from a group consisting of:

an optical fiber ribbon, a fiber optic cable, a single mode fiber optic cable, a multi-mode fiber optic cable, a twisted pair wire, an unshielded twisted pair wire, a plenum wire, a PVC wire, a coaxial cable, and an electrically conductive material.

19. The ultra-wideband system of claim 16, wherein the ultra-wideband signal comprises an impulse radio signal.

20. The ultra-wideband system of claim 16, wherein the ultra-wideband signal comprises a pulse of electromagnetic energy having a duration that can range between about 0.1 nanoseconds to about 100 nanoseconds.

21. The ultra-wideband system of claim 16, wherein the ultra-wideband signal comprises a pulse of electromagnetic energy having a duration that can range between about 0.1 nanoseconds to about 100 nanoseconds and a power that can range between about +30 power decibels to about −

60 power decibels, as measured at a single frequency.

22. The ultra-wideband system of claim 16, wherein the ultra-wideband transmitter comprises an ultra-wideband pulse modulator that is structured to transmit a multiplicity of ultra-wideband signals.

23. The ultra-wideband system of claim 16, wherein the ultra-wideband receiver comprises an ultra-wideband pulse demodulator that is structured to receive a multiplicity of ultra-wideband signals.

24. An ultra-wideband communication system for a substantially continuous wired medium, comprising:

an ultra-wideband transmitter structured to transmit an ultra-wideband signal through the wired medium; and

an ultra-wideband receiver structured to receive the ultra-wideband signal from the wired medium;

wherein the ultra-wideband transmitter and the ultra-wideband receiver communicate through the substantially continuous wired medium.

25. The ultra-wideband communication system of claim 24, wherein the substantially continuous wired medium is selected from a group consisting of:

an optical fiber ribbon, a fiber optic cable, a single mode fiber optic cable, a multi-mode fiber optic cable, a twisted pair wire, an unshielded twisted pair wire, a plenum wire, a PVC wire, a coaxial cable, and an electrically conductive material.

26. The ultra-wideband communication system of claim 24, wherein the substantially continuous wired medium is selected from a group consisting of:

a power line, an optical network, a cable television network, a community antenna television network, a community access television network, a hybrid fiber coax system network, a public switched telephone network, a wide area network, a local area network, a metropolitan area network, a TCP/IP network, a dial-up network, a switched network, a dedicated network, a nonswitched network, a public network and a private network.

27. The ultra-wideband communication system of claim 24, wherein the ultra-wideband signal is used to transmit data selected from a group consisting of:

telephony data, high-speed data, digital video data, digital television data, Internet communication data and audio data.