Ultra-wideband pulse generation system and method

• US 6,895,034 B2
• Filed: 07/02/2002
• Issued: 05/17/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Holding 81 LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Pulse-Link Incorporated
• Inventors: Nunally, Patrick O'Neal, Santhoff, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Vo, Don N.
• Application Number:
  US10/188,987
• Publication Number:
  US 20040005013A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,050 Days
• Field of Search: 375/257, 375/295, 375/353, 375/256, 375/130, 342/21, 342/27, 342/82, 342/175
• US Class Current: 375/130
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/7176 Data mapping, e.g. modulation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/4902 Pulse width modulation; Pulse position modulation

Abstract

A system and method to generate an ultra-wideband pulse is provided. One method of the present invention includes generating an ultra-wideband pulse that includes a first section representing a first data symbol, and a second section representing a second data symbol. A second method of the present invention includes generating an ultra-wideband that comprises a plurality of time bins, with each time bin comprising a data symbol that represents a multiplicity of binary digits. Another method of the present invention includes generating an ultra-wideband pulse that comprises a plurality of time bins, with each time bin representing a first data symbol. The same ultra-wideband pulse also includes an amplitude that represents a second data symbol.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting data through a wire medium, comprising the steps of:

providing the wire medium;

generating an ultra-wideband pulse, the ultra-wideband pulse including a first section representing a first data symbol, and a second section representing a second data symbol.

2. The method of transmitting data of claim 1, wherein the first data symbol represents a first group of binary digits, and the second data symbol represents a second group of binary digits.

3. The method of transmitting data of claim 1, wherein the first and second data symbols each represent a multiplicity of binary digits.

4. The method of transmitting data of claim 1, wherein the first and second data symbols each represent a group of binary digits selected from the group consisting of:

3 binary digits, 4 binary digits, 8 binary digits, 16 binary digits, 32 binary digits, 64 binary digits, 128 binary digits, 256 binary digits, 512 binary digits, and 1024 binary digits.

5. The method of transmitting data of claim 1, wherein the ultra-wideband pulse comprises an impulse radio signal.

6. The method of transmitting data of claim 1, wherein the ultra-wideband pulse comprises a burst of electromagnetic energy having a duration that ranges between about 0.1 nanoseconds to about 100 nanoseconds.

7. The method of transmitting data of claim 1, wherein the ultra-wideband pulse comprises a burst of electromagnetic energy having a duration that can range between about 0.1 nanoseconds to about 100 nanoseconds and a power that ranges between about 30 power decibels to about −

90 power decibels, as measured at a single frequency.

8. The method of transmitting data of claim 1, wherein the wire medium is selected from a group consisting of:

an optical fiber ribbon, a fiber optic cable, a single mode fiber optic cable, a multi-mode fiber optic cable, a twisted pair wire, an unshielded twisted pair wire, a plenum wire, a PVC wire, a coaxial cable, and an electrically conductive material.

9. The method of transmitting data of claim 1, wherein the wire medium is part of a wire network that is selected from a group consisting of:

a power line, an optical network, a cable television network, a community antenna television network, a community access television network, a hybrid fiber coax system network, a public switched telephone network, a wide area network, a local area network, a metropolitan area network, a TCP/IP network, a dial-up network, a switched network, a dedicated network, a nonswitched network, a public network and a private network.

10. The method of transmitting data of claim 1, wherein the ultra-wideband pulse is used to transmit data selected from a group consisting of:

telephony data, high-speed data, digital video data, digital television data, Internet communication data and audio data.

11. A method of transmitting data through a wire medium, comprising the steps of:

means for providing the wire medium;

means for generating an ultra-wideband pulse, the ultra-wideband pulse including a first section representing a first data symbol, and a second section representing a second data symbol.

12. A method of transmitting data through a wire medium, comprising the steps of:

providing the wire medium; and

generating an ultra-wideband pulse, the ultra-wideband pulse comprising a plurality of time bins, with each time bin comprising a data symbol.

13. The method of transmitting data of claim 12, wherein the data symbol represents a multiplicity of binary digits.

14. The method of transmitting data of claim 12, wherein the data symbol represents a group of binary digits selected from the group consisting of:

3 binary digits, 4 binary digits, 8 binary digits, 16 binary digits, 32 binary digits, 64 binary digits, 128 digits, 256 binary digits, 512 binary digits, and 1024 binary digits.

15. The method of transmitting data of claim 12, wherein a number of time bins may range between 3 time bins and 1024 time bins.

16. The method of transmitting data of claim 12, wherein the ultra-wideband pulse comprises an impulse radio signal.

17. The method of transmitting data of claim 12, wherein the ultra-wideband pulse comprises a burst of electromagnetic energy having a duration that ranges between about 0.1 nanoseconds to about 100 nanoseconds.

18. The method of transmitting data of claim 12, wherein the ultra-wideband pulse comprises a burst of electromagnetic energy having a duration that ranges between about 0.1 nanoseconds to about 100 nanoseconds and a power that ranges between about 30 power decibels to about −

90 power decibels, as measured at a single frequency.

19. The method of transmitting data of claim 12, wherein the wire medium is selected from a group consisting of:

an optical fiber ribbon, a fiber optic cable, a single mode fiber optic cable, a multi-mode fiber optic cable, a twisted pair wire, an unshielded twisted pair wire, a plenum wire, a PVC wire, a coaxial cable, and an electrically conductive material.

20. The method of transmitting data of claim 12, wherein the wire medium is part of a wire network that is selected from a group consisting of:

a power line, an optical network, a cable television network, a community antenna television network, a community access television network, a hybrid fiber coax system network, a public switched telephone network, a wide area network, a local area network, a metropolitan area network, a TCP/IP network, a dial-up network, a switched network, a dedicated network, a nonswitched network, a public network and a private network.

21. The method of transmitting data of claim 12, wherein the ultra-wideband pulse is used to transmit data selected from a group consisting of:

telephony data, high-speed data, digital video data, digital television data, Internet communication data and audio data.

22. A method of transmitting data through a wire medium, comprising the steps of:

providing the wire medium;

generating an ultra-wideband pulse, the ultra-wideband pulse comprising;

an amplitude that represents a first data symbol; and

a plurality of time bins, with each time bin representing a second data symbol.

23. The method of transmitting data of claim 22, wherein the first and second data symbols each represent a multiplicity of binary digits.

24. The method of transmitting data of claim 22, wherein the first and second data symbols each represent a group of binary digits selected from the group consisting of:

3 binary digits, 4 binary digits, 8 binary digits, 16 binary digits, 32 binary digits, 64 binary digits, 128 binary digits, 256 binary digits, 512 binary digits, and 1024 binary digits.

25. The method of transmitting data of claim 22, wherein a number of time bins ranges between 3 time bins and 1024 time bins.

26. The method of transmitting data of claim 22, wherein a number of amplitudes ranges between 3 amplitudes and 1024 amplitudes, with each amplitude representing a discrete data symbol.

27. The method of transmitting data of claim 22, wherein the ultra-wideband pulse comprises an impulse radio signal.

28. The method of transmitting data of claim 22, wherein the ultra-wideband pulse comprises a burst of electromagnetic energy having a duration that ranges between about 0.1 nanoseconds to about 100 nanoseconds.

29. The method of transmitting data of claim 22, wherein the ultra-wideband pulse comprises a burst of electromagnetic energy having a duration that ranges between about 0.1 nanoseconds to about 100 nanoseconds and a power that ranges between about 30 power decibels to about −

90 power decibels, as measured at a single frequency.

30. The method of transmitting data of claim 22, wherein the wire medium is selected from a group consisting of:

an optical fiber ribbon, a fiber optic cable, a single mode fiber optic cable, a multi-mode fiber optic cable, a twisted pair wire, an unshielded twisted pair wire, a plenum wire, a PVC wire, a coaxial cable, and an electrically conductive material.

31. The method of transmitting data of claim 22, wherein the wire medium is part of a wire network that is selected from a group consisting of:

a power line, an optical network, a cable television network, a community antenna television network, a community access television network, a hybrid fiber coax system network, a public switched telephone network, a wide area network, a local area network, a metropolitan area network, a TCP/IP network, a dial-up network, a switched network, a dedicated network, a nonswitched network, a public network and a private network.

32. The method of transmitting data of claim 22, wherein the ultra-wideband pulse is used to transmit data selected from a group consisting of:

telephony data, high-speed data, digital video data, digital television data, Internet communication data and audio data.