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Communication apparatus and communication method in wireless power transmission system

  • US 9,108,523 B2
  • Filed: 08/06/2012
  • Issued: 08/18/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2011
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A communication apparatus in a wireless power transmission system, the communication apparatus comprising:

  • a controller configured to switch an operating mode of the communication apparatus between a transmitting mode and a receiving mode according to a predetermined timing; and

    a transmitter configured to transmit state information of a communication channel occupied by a source comprising the communication apparatus using a continuous wave signal while the communication apparatus is operating in the transmitting mode irrespective of whether the communication apparatus is performing communication via the occupied communication channel, the source comprising the communication apparatus being configured to transmit wireless power, the occupied communication channel having been assigned to the source comprising the communication apparatus from a plurality of communication channels available in a communication cell for assignment to a plurality of sources each configured to transmit wireless power.

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