Patent ID: 8014678
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: an inboard module, comprising: a power module to: receive power from a network device, use the received power to produce a waveform that passes through an opaque barrier, and cause the waveform to pass through the barrier, and a data module to: receive information signals that wirelessly passes through the barrier, where the information signals are analog information signals, convert the received analog information signals to digital information and provide the detail information signals to the network device; and an outboard module that is physically unattached to the inboard module, comprising: an outboard power module to: receive the waveform via the barrier, and use energy from the waveform to produce an output voltage, and an outboard data module comprising an antenna, where the outboard data module is to: receive the output voltage from the outboard power module, use the received output voltage to power the antenna, receive information via the antenna, generate a particular information signal based on the information, and cause the particular information signal to be wirelessly sent through the barrier to the data module.