Long-range, full-duplex, modulated-reflector cell phone for voice/data transmission
Abstract
A long-range communications apparatus utilizing modulated-reflector technology is described. The apparatus includes an energy-transmitting base station and remote units that do not emit radiation in order to communicate with the base station since modulated-reflector technology is used whereby information is attached to an RF carrier wave originating from the base station which is reflected by the remote unit back to the base station. Since the remote unit does not emit radiation, only a low-power power source is required for its operation. Information from the base station is transmitted to the remote unit using a transmitter and receiver, respectively. The range of such a communications system is determined by the properties of a modulated-reflector half-duplex link.
- Inventors:
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- Albuquerque, NM
- Los Alamos, NM
- Santa Fe, NM
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 874654
- Patent Number(s):
- 6434372
- Assignee:
- The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, NM)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01S - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01Q - ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- long-range; full-duplex; modulated-reflector; cell; phone; voicedata; transmission; communications; apparatus; utilizing; technology; described; energy-transmitting; base; station; remote; units; emit; radiation; communicate; information; attached; rf; carrier; wave; originating; reflected; unit; low-power; power; source; required; operation; transmitted; transmitter; receiver; range; determined; properties; half-duplex; link; power source; data transmission; remote unit; base station; /455/340/
Citation Formats
Neagley, Daniel L, Briles, Scott D, Coates, Don M, and Freund, Samuel M. Long-range, full-duplex, modulated-reflector cell phone for voice/data transmission. United States: N. p., 2002.
Web.
Neagley, Daniel L, Briles, Scott D, Coates, Don M, & Freund, Samuel M. Long-range, full-duplex, modulated-reflector cell phone for voice/data transmission. United States.
Neagley, Daniel L, Briles, Scott D, Coates, Don M, and Freund, Samuel M. Tue .
"Long-range, full-duplex, modulated-reflector cell phone for voice/data transmission". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/874654.
@article{osti_874654,
title = {Long-range, full-duplex, modulated-reflector cell phone for voice/data transmission},
author = {Neagley, Daniel L and Briles, Scott D and Coates, Don M and Freund, Samuel M},
abstractNote = {A long-range communications apparatus utilizing modulated-reflector technology is described. The apparatus includes an energy-transmitting base station and remote units that do not emit radiation in order to communicate with the base station since modulated-reflector technology is used whereby information is attached to an RF carrier wave originating from the base station which is reflected by the remote unit back to the base station. Since the remote unit does not emit radiation, only a low-power power source is required for its operation. Information from the base station is transmitted to the remote unit using a transmitter and receiver, respectively. The range of such a communications system is determined by the properties of a modulated-reflector half-duplex link.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2002},
month = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2002}
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