Technique for conveying a wireless-standard signal through a barrier
First Claim
1. Apparatus comprisingmeans for generating a wireless networking signal conforming to a wireless networking standard, andmeans for extending the wireless networking signal from a first side of a barrier to a second side of the barrier by causing the wireless signal to be guided as a electromagnetic wave along an electromagnetic-wave-guiding path through the barrier.
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Abstract
The RF signal generated by a ZigBee radio on the outside of a building structure is conveyed to the interior of the building by guiding it along an electric cable bundle that passes through the building'"'"'s wall to supply domestic electric power to the interior of the structure. The RF signal is launched by a unique coupler comprising a pair of insulated foil conductors.
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1. Apparatus comprising
means for generating a wireless networking signal conforming to a wireless networking standard, and means for extending the wireless networking signal from a first side of a barrier to a second side of the barrier by causing the wireless signal to be guided as a electromagnetic wave along an electromagnetic-wave-guiding path through the barrier.
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