System for wireless communications through sea vessel hull
First Claim
1. A system for wireless communications through an electrically conductive hull of a sea vessel comprising:
- a first transmitter, located on a first side of said hull and comprising a first inductive transducer, a first receiver located on a second side of said hull and comprising a second inductive transducer, an access point penetrating said hull from said first side to said second side;
wherein, during operation, said access point of said hull provides a path for coupling electric and/or magnetic signals from said first transmitter to said first receiver through said sea vessel hull via said first and second inductive transducers.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a system for wireless communications and/or data transfer through a sea-vessel hull by means of electric and/or magnetic coupling between first and second transducers located on opposing sides of the hull. Transmit and receive transducers located on opposing sides of the hull are clamped around cables which penetrate the hull and which are fed through pressure hull glands in the hull. The inductive transducers couple electric and/or magnetic signals through the sea vessel hull via paths through the pressure hull glands or via paths through the cables. The system for wireless communication and/or data transfer of the present invention is capable of operation through an electrically conductive sea vessel hull which would ordinarily present a physical barrier against the transmission of such signals. The system can be deployed on an ad ad-hoc basis and is capable of providing high data rate and high bandwidth communications and/or data transfer through the sea vessel hull. The system does not interfere with existing cabled systems penetrating the hull via the pressure hull glands. In particular, the system of the present invention requires no modification of existing hardware nor does it require any modification of the hull for operation.
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1. A system for wireless communications through an electrically conductive hull of a sea vessel comprising:
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a first transmitter, located on a first side of said hull and comprising a first inductive transducer, a first receiver located on a second side of said hull and comprising a second inductive transducer, an access point penetrating said hull from said first side to said second side; wherein, during operation, said access point of said hull provides a path for coupling electric and/or magnetic signals from said first transmitter to said first receiver through said sea vessel hull via said first and second inductive transducers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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