Patent ID: 7492249

Claim:
An electronic communication system for a progressive movement means, having at least one base station arranged in the progressive movement means and at least one carrier station, in particular a movable carrier station, that is designed to exchange data signals with the base station, where the base station has at least one coupling electrode, at least one ground electrode and at least one processing circuit for transmitting and/or receiving the data signals, formed by a voltage between the coupling electrode and the ground electrode, between the carrier station and where the carrier station has at least one coupling electrode, at least one ground electrode and at least one processing circuit for receiving and transmitting the data signals, formed by a voltage between the coupling electrode and the ground electrode, between the base station, where the coupling electrode of the base station and the coupling electrode of the carrier station are coupled to one another during operation via a coupling path for the transmission of the data signals, which coupling path has at least one capacitive connection provided over at least one electric field, where the ground electrode of the base station is connected electrically or capacitively during operation to an electrical ground body of the progressive movement means and where the ground electrode of the carrier station is connected electrically or capacitively during operation to the electrical ground body of the progressive movement means, characterized in that the carrier station is designed as in each case at least one sensor unit, which is assigned to at least one wheel or tire of the progressive movement means and which is designed to detect and/or determine at least one characteristic parameter of the wheel or tire.