Skywave Mobile Communications Inc.

Resonance Microwave Systems Inc.

Philippe Jonathan Gabriel Lafleur

Robert Fry

Disclose are various approaches for optimizing operation of an autonomous wireless mobile asset monitoring system. The approaches involve detecting the presence of cargo in a mobile asset. First, if energy conservation is a requirement of the system, each zone of the mobile asset is scanned until cargo is detected in one of the zones. Then, the results of the scan are transmitted to backend infrastructure. Alternatively, if energy conservation is not a requirement of the system, every zone of the mobile asset is scanned and the results of the scan are transmitted to backend infrastructure.

Autonomous wireless mobile asset monitoring system

A wireless communication system includes a portable, typically hand-held transmitter which includes RF absorbing material and/or one or more dissipative parasitic antennas for reducing RF fields in close proximity to the operator to such an extent as to substantially preempt the effect of the operator presence, specifically the operator's hand, in field operation. As a result, the RF absorbing material and/or one or more dissipative parasitic antennas reduces the proportionate effect upon the RF radiation level caused by the operator's hand or other body part. The RF absorbing material may comprise a layer of such material upon a surface of a ground plane within a housing of the transmitter, and/or on an interior surface of the housing, and/or on an exterior surface of the housing. The dissipative parasitic antenna may comprise a printed antenna and resistive load integrated on the transmitter's printed circuit board or elsewhere in or on the housing.

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Ottawa, Canada

Philippe Jonathan Gabriel Lafleur