High data rate communication
First Claim
1. A method of transferring data between a first communications device and a second communications device, the second communications device having a first transceiver for communication at a first data rate over a long range, and a second transceiver for communicating at a second, higher data rate over a short range, the method comprising the steps of forming a coordinated short-range network using the second communications device and a plurality of other similar communications devices, transferring a portion of said data to or from the first communications device from or to each of said second communications device and said other communications device using their first transceivers, and transferring said data portions between said other communications devices and the second communications device using their second transceivers.
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Abstract
A method of transferring high rate data between a first communications device (32) and a second communications device (1) is disclosed. The second communications device (1) has a first transceiver (4) for communication with the first communications device (32) at a first, low data rate over a long range, and a second transceiver (2) for communicating at a second, high data rate over a short range. The method comprises the steps of forming a coordinated short-range network (piconet) using the second communications device (1) and a plurality of other similar communications devices (11, 21), transferring a portion of said data to or from the first communications device (32) from or to each of said second communications device and said other communications devices using their first transceivers (2, 12, 22), and transferring said data portions between said other communications devices and the second communications device using their second transceivers (4, 14, 24).
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- 1. A method of transferring data between a first communications device and a second communications device, the second communications device having a first transceiver for communication at a first data rate over a long range, and a second transceiver for communicating at a second, higher data rate over a short range, the method comprising the steps of forming a coordinated short-range network using the second communications device and a plurality of other similar communications devices, transferring a portion of said data to or from the first communications device from or to each of said second communications device and said other communications device using their first transceivers, and transferring said data portions between said other communications devices and the second communications device using their second transceivers.
- 10. A data transfer system comprising a first communications device and a plurality of second communications devices, each of the second communications devices having a first transceiver for communication with the first communications device at a first data rate over a long range, and a second transceiver for communicating with other second communications devices at a second, higher data rate over a short range, wherein means are provided for coordinating the second communications devices for transferring data to be communicated between the first communications device and a given second communications device so that a respective portion of said data is transferred between each of said second communications devices and the first communications device using the first transceivers of said second communications devices, and transferring said data portions between said second communications devices using their second transceivers.
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19. A method of transferring bandwidth to and from a communications device having first and second transceivers, the first transceiver being a long-range, low data rate transceiver, and the second transceiver being a short-range, high data rate transceiver, the method comprising utilising the first and second transceivers of similar communications devices situated within a short range network served by the second transceivers of the communications devices, the data to be transferred to or from said communications device being transferred in portions between the communications devices using the second transceivers, and to and from a further communications device using the first transceivers of the communications devices.
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