Communication system and method
First Claim
1. A composite gateway node and access node apparatus comprising:
- at least one antenna,a gateway radio interface configured to communicate with one or more access nodes or composite gateway node and access node apparatus;
a remote radio interface configured to communicate with one or more user nodes or composite gateway node and access node apparatus;
a power supply;
at least one processor and a memory comprising instructions to configure the apparatus to;
exchange one or more small data messages either uni-directionally from one or more user nodes to a central application hub, or bi-directionally to and from one or more user nodes and the central application hub; and
either simultaneously provide an access node and a gateway node modes, or to switch modes between the access node mode and a gateway node mode, and in access node mode the remote radio interface is configured to communicate with one or more user nodes to exchange the one or more small data messages, and in gateway node mode the gateway radio interface is configured to communicate with one or more access nodes or gateways providing the access node mode to exchange the one or more small data messages,wherein the apparatus is triggered to either provide simultaneous access node and gateway node modes based on proximity to one or more other access nodes, or to switch modes between providing access node functionality and gateway node functionality based on proximity to one or more other access nodes.
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Abstract
A communication system is disclosed. In an embodiment, the communication system includes a user node for receiving data from a remote application program, the data including message data for communication to a central application program operatively associated with the remote application program; plurality of geographically distributed gateway nodes; one or more access nodes for receiving the message data from the user node via a first communications interface, and communicating the message data via a second communications interface to one or more of the plurality of geographically distributed gateway nodes; and a hub for communicating with the one or more of the plurality of geographically distributed gateway nodes to receive the message data for communication to the central application.
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1. A composite gateway node and access node apparatus comprising:
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at least one antenna, a gateway radio interface configured to communicate with one or more access nodes or composite gateway node and access node apparatus; a remote radio interface configured to communicate with one or more user nodes or composite gateway node and access node apparatus; a power supply; at least one processor and a memory comprising instructions to configure the apparatus to; exchange one or more small data messages either uni-directionally from one or more user nodes to a central application hub, or bi-directionally to and from one or more user nodes and the central application hub; and either simultaneously provide an access node and a gateway node modes, or to switch modes between the access node mode and a gateway node mode, and in access node mode the remote radio interface is configured to communicate with one or more user nodes to exchange the one or more small data messages, and in gateway node mode the gateway radio interface is configured to communicate with one or more access nodes or gateways providing the access node mode to exchange the one or more small data messages, wherein the apparatus is triggered to either provide simultaneous access node and gateway node modes based on proximity to one or more other access nodes, or to switch modes between providing access node functionality and gateway node functionality based on proximity to one or more other access nodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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