Patent ID: 8588129

Claim:
A terminal for communicating with one or more remote transponders, the terminal comprising: one or more antennas configured to perform wireless communication with the transponder(s) on each of two different frequencies, a storage or communication unit configured to receive or access data to be transmitted to the transponder(s), means for determining any first part of the data for transmission on a first of the two frequencies and any remaining, second part of the data for communication on a second of the frequencies, the first frequency being below 9 GHz and being selected within a first frequency interval, the second frequency being above 10 GHz and being selected within a second frequency interval, the first and second frequency intervals being non-overlapping, the antenna(s) being configured to: receive, from the transponder(s) and on the first frequency, information identifying the second frequency, communicate the first part, if any, to the transponder(s) using a frequency within the first frequency interval, and communicate the second part, if any, to the transponder(s) using the second frequency.