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Granted Patent B2
US 12,407,420 · App. 18/067,547 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Pulse noise modulation to encode data

Inventors: Wayne R. Howe (Irvine, CA); Jeffrey H. Hunt (Thousand Oaks, CA)
Assignee: The Boeing Company
H04B10/524H04B10/11H04B10/503
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Patent No.
US 12,407,420
App. No.
18/067,547
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, apparatus, and system for communicating data. Data is identified for transmission. Pulses of noise signals encoding the data are transmitted.

Claims (60)

1. A communications system comprising:

a communications manager configured to:

identify data for transmission; and

transmit pulses of noise signals encoding the data,

wherein the noise in the noise signals is nondeterministic noise; wherein the data is encoded in the pulse of the noise signals using at least one of a timing of the pulses and a duration of the pulses.

2. The communications system of claim 1 , wherein the noise signals are selected from at least one of electromagnetic frequency noise signals, radio frequency noise signals, microwave frequency signals, audio frequency noise signals, ultrasonic frequency noise signals, ultra-low frequency noise signals, very low frequency noise signals, underwater frequency noise signals, or optical frequency noise signals.

3. The communications system of claim 1 , wherein the pulses of the noise signals are pulses of radio frequency noise signals and further comprising:

a laser generation system configured to emit a set of laser beams,

wherein in transmitting the pulses of the noise signals the data, the communications manager is configured to:

control emission of a set of laser beams from the laser generation system to cause optical breakdowns that generate the pulses of the radio frequency noise signals that encode the data.

4. The communications system of claim 1 further comprising:

an electrical noise generator configured to generate a carrier frequency noise signal; and

a modulator; and

a transmitter,

wherein in generating noise signals in pulses, the communications manager is configured to:

generate a carrier noise signal using the electrical noise generator; and

modulate the carrier noise signal using the modulator to form the pulses of the noise signals, wherein the pulses of the noise signals encode the data.

5. A communications system comprising:

a laser generation system configured to emit a set of laser beams;

a computer system; and

a communications manager in the computer system, wherein the communications manager is configured to:

identify data for transmission; and

control an emission of the set of laser beams to cause optical breakdowns that generate pulses of radio frequency noise signals, wherein the data is encoded in the pulses of the radio frequency noise signals,

wherein the noise in the noise signals is nondeterministic noise;

wherein the data is encoded in the pulses of the radio frequency noise signals using at least one of a timing of the pulses and a duration of the pulses.

6. The communications system of claim 5 , wherein in controlling the emission of the set of laser beams, the communications manager is configured to:

control a power of a laser beam in the set of laser beams to reach an optical breakdown level at a focal point to cause the optical breakdowns that generate the pulses of the radio frequency noise signals encoding the data.

7. The communications system of claim 5 , wherein in controlling the emission of the set of laser beams, wherein the communications manager is configured to:

control the emission of the set of laser beams to intersect an intersection point such that a power of the set of the laser beams at the intersection point causes the optical breakdowns that generate the pulses of the radio frequency noise signals encoding the data.

8. A method for communicating data, the method comprising: identifying data for transmission; and

transmitting pulses of noise signals encoding the data,

wherein the noise in the noise signals is nondeterministic noise;

wherein the data is encoded in the pulses of the noise signals using at least one of a timing of the pulses of the noise signals and a duration of the pulses of the noise signals.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

encoding the data in the pulses of the noise signals by controlling at least one of a timing of the pulses and a duration of the pulses.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the noise signals are selected from at least one of electromagnetic frequency noise signals, radio frequency noise signals, microwave frequency signals, audio frequency noise signals, ultrasonic frequency noise signals, ultra-low frequency noise signals, very low frequency noise signals, underwater frequency noise signals, or optical frequency noise signals.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the pulses of the noise signals are pulses of radio frequency noise signals and wherein transmitting the pulses of the noise signals comprises:

controlling emission of a set of laser beams from a laser beam generator to cause optical breakdowns that generate the pulses of the radio frequency noise signals that encode the data.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein transmitting the pulses of the noise signals encoding the data comprises:

generating a carrier radio frequency noise signal; and

modulating the carrier radio frequency noise signal to form the pulses of the noise signals, wherein the pulses encode the data; and

transmitting the pulses of the noise signals.

13. A method for communicating data, the method comprising: identifying data for transmission; and

controlling emission of a set of laser beams to cause optical breakdowns that generate pulses of radio frequency noise signals, wherein the data is encoded in the pulses of the radio frequency noise signals,

wherein the noise in the noise signals is nondeterministic noise; wherein the data is encoded in the pulses of the radio frequency noise signals using at least one of a timing of the pulses of the radio frequency noise signals and a duration of the pulses of the radio frequency noise signals.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein controlling the emission of the set of laser beams comprises:

controlling a power of a laser beam in the set of laser beams to reach an optical breakdown level at a focal point to cause the optical breakdowns that generate the pulses of the radio frequency noise signals encoding the data.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein controlling the emission of the set of laser beams comprises:

controlling the emission of the set of laser beams to intersect an intersection point such that a power of the set of the laser beams at the intersection point causes the optical breakdowns that generate the pulses of the radio frequency noise signals encoding the data.

16. A method for communicating data, the method comprising:

receiving pulses of noise signals, wherein data is encoded in the pulses of the noise signals; and

decoding the data encoded in the pulses of the noise signals using a set of characteristics of the pulses of the noise signals,

wherein the noise in the noise signals is nondeterministic noise;

wherein the data is encoded in the pulses of the noise signals using at least one of a timing of the pulses of the noise signals and a duration of the pulses of the noise signals.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the set of characteristics comprises at least one of a timing of the pulses of noise and a duration of the pulses of noise.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein decoding the data encoded in the pulses of the noise signals comprises:

receiving signals in a frequency range that includes the pulses of the noise signals encoding the data; and

identifying pulses of the noise signals in the frequency range.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the frequency range is received using at least one of a bandpass filter, a notch filter, or a band reject filter.

20. The method of claim 18 , wherein the pulses of the noise signals in the frequency range are identified using an envelope detector or a clipper circuit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2022
From: HOWE, WAYNE R.; HUNT, JEFFREY H.
To: THE BOEING COMPANY
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