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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Cox Communications, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventor:
Kinney Chapman Bacon, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Assignee:
Cox Communications, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04B 1/10 (2006.01); H04L 27/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0261 (2013.01); H04B 1/1036 (2013.01); H04L 27/06 (2013.01); H04B 2001/1063 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for low power RF communications, comprising receiving an AM signal using a passive RF receiver circuit, converting the AM signal to a digital output signal using a comparator, receiving the digital output signal from the comparator, determining whether the digital output signal is valid or not using a digital signal processing circuit, and upon detection of a valid digital output signal, enabling an active RF receiver circuit for RF signal processing.