Antenna switching technique for improved data throughput in communication networks

Claim 1

An apparatus for improved data throughput in a communication network; said apparatus comprising: an antenna; a dummy load; a radio frequency receiving-transmitting circuit; a modem coupled to said receiving-transmitting circuit; a computer coupled to said modem; a time-determination system coupled to said computer; an antenna-dummy load switch operably coupled to said antenna, operably coupled to said receiving-transmitting system, and operably coupled to said dummy load; and a computer software means; wherein said computer software means determines if a polling message including a reporting schedule has been received by said apparatus from said communication network; and wherein said software means directs said computer to operate said antenna-dummy load switch according to said reporting schedule at times determined by said time-determination system; and wherein when said antenna-dummy load switch is connected to said dummy load said apparatus is disconnected from said communication network, and when said antenna-dummy load switch is connected to said antenna said apparatus is connected to said communication network.

Claim 2

An apparatus for improved data throughput in a communication network; said apparatus comprising: an antenna; a dummy load; a radio frequency receiving-transmitting circuit; a modem coupled to said receiving-transmitting circuit; a computer coupled to said modem; a time-determination system coupled to said computer; an antenna-dummy load switch operably coupled to said antenna, operably coupled to said receiving-transmitting system, and operably coupled to said dummy load; and a computer software means; wherein said computer software means determines if a polling message including a reporting schedule has been received by said apparatus from said communication network; and wherein said software means directs said computer to operate said antenna-dummy load switch according to said reporting schedule at times determined by said time-determination system; and wherein when said antenna-dummy load switch is connected to said dummy load said apparatus is disconnected from said communication network, and when said antenna-dummy load switch is connected to said antenna said apparatus is connected to said communication network.

Claim 11

A method for improved data throughput in a communication network; said method employing an apparatus comprising: an antenna, a dummy load, a radio frequency receiving-transmitting circuit, a modem, a computer, a program means, a time-determination system, and a computer operated antenna-dummy load switch; said method comprising the steps of: (a) switching said antenna-dummy load switch onto said antenna using said computer; (b) operating said receiving-transmitting circuit in a receiving mode to detect a polling message from said communication network; (c) reading said polling message using said program means to detect a reporting schedule contained in said polling message; (d) determining the start of the actual data transmission time from said reporting schedule by said computer; (e) switching said antenna-dummy load switch onto said dummy load during the attack time of data transmission by said receiving-transmitting circuit using said computer; (f) switching said antenna-dummy load switch onto said antenna during the actual time of data transmission by said receiving-transmitting circuit using said computer; (g) operating said receiving-transmitting circuit in the transmitting mode to transmit data from said apparatus to said communication network; (h) switching said antenna-dummy load switch onto said dummy load during the decay time of data transmission by said receiving-transmitting circuit using said computer; and (i) repeating steps (a) through (h).

Claim 12

A method for improved data throughput in a communication network; said method employing an apparatus comprising: an antenna, a dummy load, a radio frequency receiving-transmitting circuit, a modem, a computer, a program means, a time-determination system, and a computer operated antenna-dummy load switch; said method comprising the steps of: (a) switching said antenna-dummy load switch onto said antenna using said computer; (b) operating said receiving-transmitting circuit in a receiving mode to detect a polling message from said communication network; (c) reading said polling message using said program means to detect a reporting schedule contained in said polling message; (d) determining the start of the actual data transmission time from said reporting schedule by said computer; (e) switching said antenna-dummy load switch onto said dummy load during the attack time of data transmission by said receiving-transmitting circuit using said computer; (f) switching said antenna-dummy load switch onto said antenna during the actual time of data transmission by said receiving-transmitting circuit using said computer; (g) operating said receiving-transmitting circuit in the transmitting mode to transmit data from said apparatus to said communication network; (h) switching said antenna-dummy load switch onto said dummy load during the decay time of data transmission by said receiving-transmitting circuit using said computer; and (i) repeating steps (a) through (h).

Claim 15

A method for improved data throughput in to a communication network, said method employing a single frequency system comprising a plurality of apparatuses connected to said communication network; said plurality of apparatuses comprising a first apparatus, a second apparatus, and each consecutively numbered apparatus until said plurality of apparatuses is exhausted, the last said apparatus being numbered as an N-apparatus, N being an integer; each said apparatus comprising an antenna, a dummy load, a radio frequency receiving-transmitting circuit, a modem, a computer, a time-determination system, a program means, and a computer operated antenna-dummy load switch, each said apparatus interacting with said communication network on the same single radio frequency f0, each said apparatus having the same attack time and the same decay time; said method comprising the steps of: (a) switching said first antenna-dummy load switch onto said antenna using said first computer of said first apparatus; (b) operating said first receiving-transmitting circuit of said apparatus in a receiving mode to detect a polling message from said communication network; (c) reading said polling message using said first program means of said first apparatus to detect a first reporting schedule for said first apparatus contained in said polling message; (d) determining the start of the actual data transmission time from said first reporting schedule by said first computer of said first apparatus; (e) switching said first antenna-dummy load switch onto said first dummy load during the attack time of data transmission by said first receiving-transmitting circuit using said first computer of said first apparatus; (f) switching said first antenna-dummy load switch onto said first antenna during the actual time of data transmission by said first receiving-transmitting circuit using said first computer of said first apparatus; (g) operating said first receiving-transmitting circuit in the transmitting mode to transmit data from said first apparatus into said communication network; (h) switching said first antenna-dummy load switch onto said first dummy load during the decay time of data transmission by said first receiving-transmitting circuit using said first computer of said first apparatus; (i) switching said first antenna-dummy load switch onto said antenna using said first computer of said first apparatus; (k) operating said first receiving-transmitting circuit of said apparatus in a receiving mode to detect a next polling message from said communication network; (l) repeating steps (a) through (k) for said second apparatus, wherein the attack time of said second apparatus data transmission starts at attack time prior to the end of the data transmission by said first apparatus, and wherein said second apparatus starts the data transmission at the same time mark when said first apparatus ends the data transmission; (m) repeating steps (a) through (l) for each consecutive pair of said t-apparatus and said (t-1) apparatus, t being an integer, wherein t is greater than 2 and less or equal to N; and (n) repeating steps (a) through (m) for each said polling message.

Claim 16

A method for improved data throughput in to a communication network, said method employing a single frequency system comprising a plurality of apparatuses connected to said communication network; said plurality of apparatuses comprising a first apparatus, a second apparatus, and each consecutively numbered apparatus until said plurality of apparatuses is exhausted, the last said apparatus being numbered as an N-apparatus, N being an integer; each said apparatus comprising an antenna, a dummy load, a radio frequency receiving-transmitting circuit, a modem, a computer, a time-determination system, a program means, and a computer operated antenna-dummy load switch, each said apparatus interacting with said communication network on the same single radio frequency f0, each said apparatus having the same attack time and the same decay time; said method comprising the steps of: (a) switching said first antenna-dummy load switch onto said antenna using said first computer of said first apparatus; (b) operating said first receiving-transmitting circuit of said apparatus in a receiving mode to detect a polling message from said communication network; (c) reading said polling message using said first program means of said first apparatus to detect a first reporting schedule for said first apparatus contained in said polling message; (d) determining the start of the actual data transmission time from said first reporting schedule by said first computer of said first apparatus; (e) switching said first antenna-dummy load switch onto said first dummy load during the attack time of data transmission by said first receiving-transmitting circuit using said first computer of said first apparatus; (f) switching said first antenna-dummy load switch onto said first antenna during the actual time of data transmission by said first receiving-transmitting circuit using said first computer of said first apparatus; (g) operating said first receiving-transmitting circuit in the transmitting mode to transmit data from said first apparatus into said communication network; (h) switching said first antenna-dummy load switch onto said first dummy load during the decay time of data transmission by said first receiving-transmitting circuit using said first computer of said first apparatus; (i) switching said first antenna-dummy load switch onto said antenna using said first computer of said first apparatus; (k) operating said first receiving-transmitting circuit of said apparatus in a receiving mode to detect a next polling message from said communication network; (l) repeating steps (a) through (k) for said second apparatus, wherein the attack time of said second apparatus data transmission starts at attack time prior to the end of the data transmission by said first apparatus, and wherein said second apparatus starts the data transmission at the same time mark when said first apparatus ends the data transmission; (m) repeating steps (a) through (l) for each consecutive pair of said t-apparatus and said (t-1) apparatus, t being an integer, wherein t is greater than 2 and less or equal to N; and (n) repeating steps (a) through (m) for each said polling message.