VERY SHORT-RANGE INTERCONNECTION DEVICE BETWEEN COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT AND A COMMUNICATION NETWORK
First Claim
1. An interconnection device between communication equipment, equipped with a very short-range radio communication module, and a communication network, said device comprising an antenna capable of radiating, or respectively capturing, very short-range electromagnetic waves, which are representative of data, to said, or respectively from said, radio communication module whenever said communication equipment is placed within its immediate vicinity, wherein it comprises i) relay means coupled to said antenna and operative either to relay by waves data received by said antenna to coupling means coupled to said communication network, or to relay data received by said coupling means to said antenna so that it can radiate them in the form of vary short-range electromagnetic waves to said radio communication module, and ii) a mount to which said antenna and said relay means are joined.
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Abstract
A device (D) is dedicated to the interconnection between communication equipment (EC), equipped with a very short-range radio communication module (MCR) and a communication network (RC). This device (D) comprises i) relay means (MR) operative to relay received data to and from coupling means (MCP) coupled to said communication network (RC) and ii) an antenna (AN) capable, firstly, of radiating, or respectively capturing, very short-range electromagnetic waves, which are representative of data, to the, or respectively from the, radio communication module (MCR) whenever the communication equipment is placed within its immediate vicinity, and secondly, coupled to the relay means (MR) in order to transmit to them the data to be relayed coming from the radio communication module (MCR), and to receive from them (MR) the relayed data that comes from the coupling means (MCP).
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- 1. An interconnection device between communication equipment, equipped with a very short-range radio communication module, and a communication network, said device comprising an antenna capable of radiating, or respectively capturing, very short-range electromagnetic waves, which are representative of data, to said, or respectively from said, radio communication module whenever said communication equipment is placed within its immediate vicinity, wherein it comprises i) relay means coupled to said antenna and operative either to relay by waves data received by said antenna to coupling means coupled to said communication network, or to relay data received by said coupling means to said antenna so that it can radiate them in the form of vary short-range electromagnetic waves to said radio communication module, and ii) a mount to which said antenna and said relay means are joined.
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