Patent ID: 8526881

Claim:
A method for wirelessly communicating electrical signals between at least a plurality of independent electronic components, comprising: providing an equipment housing having a plurality of at least three parallel trays for receiving and supporting said pair of independent electronic components, the independent electronic components each forming a removeable and replaceable line replaceable unit (LRU) that is adapted to be linearly inserted and linearly removed from a respective one of the trays; forming an open, unobstructed channel in said equipment housing generally orthogonal to said trays and spanning all of the trays, the channel being isolated from wireless energy from an ambient environment in which said equipment housing is located, and for retaining wireless radio frequency or microwave energy flowing inside said channel within said channel; disposing each of said LRUs so that each said LRU is supported within a respective one of said trays and such that at least a portion of each said LRU is located adjacent and in communication with said channel; substantially sealing an area of interface of each of said LRUs with said channel to insure that wireless radio frequency or microwave energy is only transmitted between said channel and each of said LRUs; and using said channel to conduct wireless radio frequency or microwave energy through said channel between said LRUs such that said channel forms an unobstructed area by which any one of the three LRUs can send and receive wireless radio frequency or microwave signals directly to and from any other ones of the LRUs without the need to first reflect the wireless radio frequency or microwave energy from any interior wall portion of the channel.