Methods and systems for a distributed radio communications network
First Claim
1. A system for providing a distributed communications network, the system comprising:
- a server configured to transmit a signal comprising information destined for a node device; and
a first gateway and a second gateway spatially separated from each other, the first gateway and the second gateway each configured to;
collect phase and amplitude information on one or more node signals respectively received from the node device;
cause the server to perform beamforming on the signal using the collected phase and amplitude information, the beamformed signal to be redirected to the node device via the first gateway and the second gateway;
receive the beamformed signal from the server; and
cause the received signal to be selectively enhanced in a respective spatial direction relative to the node device when redirected to the node device via the corresponding first or second gateway.
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for providing a distributed radio communications network. Each of a first gateway and a second gateway may separately receive modulated signals comprising at least a portion of data from a first node of a plurality of geographically-dispersed nodes. The modulated signals may be wirelessly transmitted as radio frequency (RF) signals from the first node, the data gathered or generated by the first node at a first location. A server may receive the modulated signals from the first gateway and the second gateway. As configured by software-defined radio (SDR) software, the server may perform processing of the separately received modulated signals to recover the data. The processing may include demodulation of the modulated signals.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for providing a distributed communications network, the system comprising:
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a server configured to transmit a signal comprising information destined for a node device; and a first gateway and a second gateway spatially separated from each other, the first gateway and the second gateway each configured to; collect phase and amplitude information on one or more node signals respectively received from the node device; cause the server to perform beamforming on the signal using the collected phase and amplitude information, the beamformed signal to be redirected to the node device via the first gateway and the second gateway; receive the beamformed signal from the server; and cause the received signal to be selectively enhanced in a respective spatial direction relative to the node device when redirected to the node device via the corresponding first or second gateway. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for providing a distributed communications network, the method comprising:
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collecting, by a first gateway and a second gateway spatially separated from each other, phase and amplitude information on one or more node signals respectively received from a node device; causing a server configured to transmit a signal comprising information destined for the node device, to perform beamforming on the signal using the collected phase and amplitude information, the beamformed signal to be redirected to the node device via the first gateway and the second gateway; receiving, by the first gateway and the second gateway, the beamformed signal from the server; and causing the received signal to be selectively enhanced in a respective spatial direction relative to the node device when redirected to the node device via the corresponding first or second gateway. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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