High bandwidth data transport system

• US 7,545,868 B2
• Filed: 04/26/2007
• Issued: 06/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lightwaves Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Lightwaves Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Snyder, David M., Gerke, Joseph A., Kennedy, Philip T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Odom; Curtis B
• Application Number:
  US11/740,755
• Publication Number:
  US 20080107188A1
• Time in Patent Office: 775 Days
• Field of Search: 375130-153, 375/222, 375/259
• US Class Current: 375/259
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/7163 using impulse radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/03834 using pulse shaping
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/49 using code conversion at the transmitter; using predistortion; using insertion of idle bits for obtaining a desired frequency spectrum; using three or more amplitude levels ; Baseband coding techniques specific to data transmission systems spectral shaping H04L25/03828

Abstract

A method of data transmission provides for representing data using ultra wideband pulses, sending at least one pulse over an electrically conductive guided medium, receiving the at least one pulse at a telecommunication interface having an ultra wideband pulse over conductive medium modem coupled to the electrically conductive guided medium, wherein the telecommunication interface is operatively connected to a non-ultra wideband pulse over wire communication modem coupled to a communication medium. The method further provides for recovering the data from the at least one pulse.

Claims

1. A method of data transmission, comprising:

representing data using ultra wideband pulses;

sending at least one pulse over an electrically conductive guided medium;

receiving the at least one pulse at a telecommunication interface comprising an ultra wideband pulse over conductive medium modem coupled to the electrically conductive guided medium, wherein the telecommunication interface further comprises a non-ultra wideband pulse over wire communication modem coupled to a communication medium;

recovering the data from the at least one pulse; and

wherein the telecommunications interface comprises an XML-aware capable switch, the XML-aware capable switch receives XML data from the ultra wideband pulse over conductive medium modem, makes decisions based on the XML header, opens the data packets, transforms or encrypts the XML data into a format that can be understood by the network, and transfers the XML data in the format to the non-ultra wideband pulse over wire communication modem.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the conductive medium is from the set consisting of a telephone twisted pair, a coaxial cable, a Category 5 cable, a transmission power line, an in-building power line, a metallic vehicle body or frame, a structural steel aircraft body or frame, a water pipe, and a drill pipe.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the non-pulsed communication medium is from the set consisting of a telephone twisted pair, a coaxial cable, a Category 5 cable, a transmission power line, an in-building power line, and a wireless communication medium.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the telecommunication interface uses a VoIP signaling protocol.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the telecommunication interface uses a VoIP media protocol.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the XML data is geographic data.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the XML data is network timing data.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the XML network timing data originates from GPS.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the XML-aware capable switch receives XML data from the non-ultra wideband pulse over wire communication modem makes decisions based on the XML header, opens the data packets, transforms or encrypts the XML data into a format that can be understood by the network, and transfers the XML data in the format to the ultra wideband pulse over conductive medium modem.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the XML data is geographic data.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the XML data is network timing data.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the XML network timing data originates from GPS.

13. A method of data transmission, comprising:

representing data using non-ultra wideband pulse communications;

sending the data over a communication medium;

receiving the non-ultra wideband pulse communications at a telecommunication interface comprising a non-ultra wideband pulse over wire communication modem coupled to the communication medium and an ultra wideband pulse over conductive medium modem coupled to a conductive medium;

recovering the data ; and

wherein the telecommunications interface comprises an XML-aware capable switch, the XML-aware capable switch receives XML data from the ultra wideband pulse over conductive medium modem, makes decisions based on the XML header, ovens the data packets, transforms or encrypts the XML data into a format that can be understood by the network, and transfers the XML data in the format to the non-ultra wideband pulse over wire communication modem.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the step of recovering the data occurs at the telecommunication interface.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising sending the data over the conductive medium using the ultra wideband pulse over conductive medium modem.

16. An apparatus comprising:

an ultra wideband pulse over conductive medium modem coupled to an electrically conductive guided medium;

a non-ultra wideband pulse over wire communication modem coupled to a communication medium;

an interface operatively connected to the ultra wideband pulse over conductive medium modem and the non-ultra wideband pulse over wire communication modem, the interface adapted to send and receive data using the ultra wideband pulse over conductive medium modem and the non-ultra wideband pulse over wire communication modem; and

wherein the interface comprises an XML-aware switch, the XML-aware capable switch receives XML data from the ultra wideband pulse over conductive medium modem, makes decisions based on the XML header, opens the data packets, transforms or encrypts the XML data into a format that can be understood by the network, and transfers the XML data in the format to the non-ultra wideband pulse over wire communication modem.

17. A method of data transmission, comprising:

representing data using ultra wideband pulses;

sending at least one pulse over an electrically conductive guided medium;

receiving the at least one pulse at a telecommunication interface comprising an ultra wideband pulse over conductive medium modem coupled to the electrically conductive guided medium, wherein the telecommunication interface further comprises a non-ultra wideband pulse over wire communication modem coupled to a communication medium;

recovering the data from the at least one pulse; and

wherein the telecommunications interface comprises an XML-aware capable switch, the XML-aware capable switch receives XML data from the non-ultra wideband pulse over wire communication modem makes decisions based on the XML header, opens the data packets, transforms or encrypts the XML data into a format that can be understood by the network, and transfers the XML data in the format to the ultra wideband pulse over conductive medium modem.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the XML data is geographic data.

19. The method of claim 17 wherein the XML data is network timing data.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the XML network timing data originates from GPS.