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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2020
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Joel Thomas Wojnar, Lake Stevens, WA (US);
Michael Gary Reinbold, Everett, WA (US);
Dennis M. Lewis, Everett, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A vehicle communication system includes an optical cable, a centralized hub device, and an antenna hub device. The centralized hub device is connected to a first end of the optical cable and is configured to receive radio frequency (RF) signals from multiple end devices. The centralized hub device is configured to convert the RF signals to respective optical carrier signals and transmit the optical carrier signals along the optical cable at different, non-overlapping wavelength bands of a combined optical signal. The antenna hub device is connected to a second end of the optical cable. The antenna hub device is configured to receive the combined optical signal and to convert the optical carrier signals thereof to RF signals, amplify the RF signals, and transmit the RF signals to one or more antennas.