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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2005
Bruce D. Melick, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
David M. Snyder, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Leslie D. Baych, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Gregory P. Probst, Iowa City, IA (US);
Philip T. Kennedy, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Bruce D. Melick, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
David M. Snyder, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Leslie D. Baych, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Gregory P. Probst, Iowa City, IA (US);
Philip T. Kennedy, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Lightwaves Systems, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A method and device for transmitting information over a first medium include allocating for signal transmission, each of a plurality of frequency sub-bands of an ultra-wide band spectrum and sending over the first medium an ultra-wide band transmission including the information. The ultra-wide band transmission is performed by sending a signal over each of the plurality of frequency sub-bands. Each signal may be encoded, modulated and/or multiplexed. The information which is transmitted may be obtained from a second signal transmission received over a second medium.