| CPC H04B 1/02 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0617 (2013.01)] | 21 Claims |

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1. A system for communicating information about a drill string operation, the system comprising:
a drill string comprising a bottom-hole assembly;
a data transmission line operably coupled to the bottom-hole assembly to receive data relating to the drill string operation;
a wireless transmission system operably coupled to the data transmission line and configured to receive and relay the data from the data transmission line, wherein the wireless transmission system comprises a wireless transmitter; and
a housing configured to be coupled to a rotating component of the drill string, the housing being configured to receive the wireless transmitter and to provide electromagnetic shielding around at least a portion of the wireless transmitter,
wherein the electromagnetic shielding is electrically insulative to transmission of electromagnetic noise associated with the drill string operation.
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