United States Rochester Institute of technology (Rochester Institute of Technology) and manufacturer PPC Corp. collaborated to develop a "smart connectors (Smart Connector)" sensing devices, communication devices are automatically detected for damage and use self-diagnostics (self-diagnostics) technology that exact location of the damage.
Leaders of this research project, Professor of electrical and microelectronic engineering Robert Bowman says cable's deterioration and damage cellular communications network, often the relevant units and millions of dollars in revenue losses for year; new sensing devices are expected to alleviate part of the development impact. The sensing device connectivity component that can be plugged in to the coaxial cable to monitor RF cables the main failure mode.
Disk for each sensor (sensor-disc) integrates a unique location identifier (site identifier), to monitor key and use a technique called backscatter telemetry (back scatter telemetry) technology, return the sensing device status. In addition, each smart connectors can itself through coaxial cable to extract a small amount of RF energy to activate the energy of the device itself or to reduce energy consumption.
"This technology really of is was excited, and it may for industry brings of impact only just began appeared;" are and Luo penetration Republika special research team cooperation, and headquarters is located in Syracuse (Syracuse) of Telecom RF device supplier PPC Chief Engineer Noah Montena said: "ended currently weizhi, connection device and device of fault, are is in communications tower ability weakened zhihou only will was detection to, or in entire system are close zhihou to Yu site pointed out that its location. ”
Rochester Institute of technology has signed a grant agreement with PPC, and was in the final test and technology transfer programs. "In a laboratory test confirmed its feasibility is one thing, but you want to move the technology into products is another matter. "Bowman said.
Montena is added that: "in addition to cellular communications network connectors, can also be quite easy to imagine this kind of technology can find others with higher added value or" unbeaten "applications, such as spacecraft and aircraft communications or internal network. ”
