RADIO-COMMUNICATION MODULE COMPRISING EMISSION MEANS CONTROLLED BY INTERFERENCE DETECTION MEANS AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE AND USE

• US 20100222002A1
• Filed: 01/15/2007
• Published: 09/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wavecom
• Original Assignee: Wavecom
• Inventors: Lys, Thierry
• Application Number:
  US12/160,927
• Publication Number:
  US 20100222002A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/63.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/0067 with one or more circuit blocks in common for different bands

Abstract

A radiocommunication module is provided, which includes a transmitter with a first mode of communication in at least one first frequency band. The module also includes: an interference detector for emitting a warning signal if interference is detected; and a controller for controlling the transmitter in such a way that it is able to switch between the first mode of communication and a second mode of communication which is different from the first mode, if the interference detector emits the warning signal.

Claims

1. Radio-communication module comprising:

transmission means with a first communication mode in at least one frequency band;

interference detection means of said module, permitting an alarm signal to be sent if interference is detected;

means of controlling said transmission means, permitting to switch from said first mode to a second communication mode that is distinct from the first mode, if said interference detection means supply said alarm signal.

2. Radio-communication module of claim 1, wherein said second communication mode uses at least one second frequency band that is distinct from said at least one first band.

3. Radio-communication module of, claim 1, wherein said at least one band is a GSM band 880.2-914.8 MHz, and said at lest one second band is an ISM band 915-925 MHz.

4. Radio-communication module of claim 1, wherein the first communication mode is compliant with a radio-communication standard belonging to the group comprising GSM, GPRS, UMTS, WCDMA, WiFi and Bluetooth.

5. Radio-communication module of claim 1, wherein the second communication mode implements a modulation technique belonging to the group comprising:

digital modulation techniques of the OOK type;

digital modulation techniques of the FSK type.

6. Radio-communication module of claim 1, wherein said transmission means comprise an amplifier which receives an input signal, supplies an output signal and is controlled by a command signal, and in said second communication mode, the input signal is a non-modulated signal and the command signal is a binary modulation signal, whose upper and lower levels respectively permit activation and deactivation of the amplifier, or inversely, such that the output signal is a signal modulated by a digital OOK modulation technique.

7. Radio-communication module of claim 6, wherein said transmission means comprise a switch between the amplifier and an antenna, and wherein in said second communication mode, the switch is controlled by said command signal so that the antenna only receives the output signal from the amplifier if the amplifier is activated by said command signal.

8. Radio-communication module of claim 1, wherein said control means comprise digital processing means and memory means, containing data to control and command said digital processing means, according to said first communication mode and according to said second communication mode.

9. Radio-communication module of claim 1, wherein said control means further permit to switch from said second to first communication mode in the case of the verification of at least one condition belonging to group comprising:

a detection by said detection means of an end of interference of said module;

a predetermined time has passed since detection of interference of said module;

an end of alarm signal is received via first reception means, which operate with said module or are incorporated into said module.

10. Radio-communication module of claim 9, wherein said interference detection means comprise second means for receiving an activation signal from said first reception means, which operate with said module or are incorporated into said module

11. Radio-communication module of claim 1, wherein said radio-communication module is designed to be mounted inside a vehicle, and said second communication mode is used to transmit information permitting said vehicle to be identified and/or located via a vehicle tracking network.

12. A method comprising:

providing a radio-communication module mounted inside a vehicle, wherein said radio-communication module comprises;

a transmitter with a first communication mode in at least one frequency band;

an interference detector, permitting an alarm signal to be sent if interference is detected; and

a controller controlling said transmitter to switch from said first mode to a second communication mode that is distinct from the first mode, if said interference detector supplies said alarm signal; and

using said second communication mode to transmit information permitting said vehicle to be identified and/or located via a vehicle tracking network.

13. Radio-communication device comprising:

at least one radio-communication module comprising;

transmission means with a first communication mode in at least one first frequency band;

interference detection means of said module, permitting an alarm signal to be sent if interference is detected;

means of controlling said transmission means, permitting to switch from said first mode to a second communication mode that is distinct from the first mode, if said interference detection means supply said alarm signal.