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Low power, high speed data communications in vehicles

  • US 6,963,728 B2
  • Filed: 05/15/2002
  • Issued: 11/08/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of distributing information from a first electronic module to a second electronic module, said first and second electronic modules being in physically separated locations within a transportation vehicle, said method comprising the steps of:

  • selecting a structural member forming a portion of said transportation vehicle for use as a transmission guide having an enclosed, elongated space with first and second openings substantially proximate to said first and second electronic modules, respectively;

    encoding said information in said first electronic module into a radio-frequency signal;

    coupling said radio-frequency signal from said first electronic module into said transmission guide at said first opening;

    coupling said radio-frequency signal from said transmission guide at said second opening to said second electronic module; and

    decoding said radio-frequency signal in said second electronic module to recover said information.

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