Data network having a wireless local area network with a packet hopping wireless backbone
First Claim
1. A wireless local area network (LAN) for data communications, comprising:
- a first packet hopping access terminal, including;
a first transceiver for wirelessly transmitting data packets addressed to a first client device and for wirelessly receiving data packets from the first client device; and
a second transceiver for wirelessly receiving the data packets addressed to the first client device and for wirelessly transmitting the data packets received from the first client device in accordance with a packet hopping protocol, the packet hopping protocol including a data packet router/repeater function; and
a packet hopping gateway, including;
a third transceiver for wirelessly receiving the data packets transmitted by the first packet hopping access terminal and for wirelessly transmitting the data packets addressed to the first client device in accordance with the packet hopping protocol; and
a network interface for establishing communication with a server.
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Abstract
A wireless local area network (LAN) for data communications. The wireless LAN includes a packet hopping access terminal (PHAST) and a packet hopping gateway (PHG). The PHAST has a first transceiver for wirelessly communicating with a client device, and a second transceiver for wirelessly receiving data packets addressed to the client device and for wirelessly transmitting data packets received from the client device in accordance with a packet hopping protocol. The PHG has a transceiver for wirelessly receiving the data packets transmitted by the PHAST and for transmitting the data packets addressed to the client device in accordance with the packet hopping protocol, and a network interface for establishing communication with a server.
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44 Claims
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1. A wireless local area network (LAN) for data communications, comprising:
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a first packet hopping access terminal, including;
a first transceiver for wirelessly transmitting data packets addressed to a first client device and for wirelessly receiving data packets from the first client device; and
a second transceiver for wirelessly receiving the data packets addressed to the first client device and for wirelessly transmitting the data packets received from the first client device in accordance with a packet hopping protocol, the packet hopping protocol including a data packet router/repeater function; and
a packet hopping gateway, including;
a third transceiver for wirelessly receiving the data packets transmitted by the first packet hopping access terminal and for wirelessly transmitting the data packets addressed to the first client device in accordance with the packet hopping protocol; and
a network interface for establishing communication with a server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A data communications network comprising:
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a packet hopping gateway (PHG) including a network interface for establishing communication with a server via a wide area network backbone and a transceiver for wirelessly receiving data packets originating from a client device and addressed to the server and wirelessly transmitting data packets originating from the server and addressed to the client device in accordance with a packet hopping protocol, and the PHG operatively arranged to dynamically configure a virtual private network between a firewall and the client device as the client device initiates communication with the data communications network, the firewall disposed between the wide area network backbone and the server; and
at least one packet hopping access terminal (PHAST), the at least one PHAST including at least one transceiver operative arranged to act as an intermediate transmission node for the data packets sent from the client device to the server and the data packets sent from the server to the client device, and the at least one PHAST operatively arranged to route/repeat the data packets sent from the client device to the server and the data packets sent from the server to the client device in accordance with the packet hopping protocol.
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42. A wireless local area network (LAN) for data communications, comprising a plurality of packet hopping access terminals (PHASTs) and a packet hopping gateway (PHG), wherein:
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each PHAST includes;
a local transceiver for wirelessly transmitting data packets addressed to an associated client device and for wirelessly receiving data packets from the associated client device; and
a first switchable LAN transceiver for wirelessly receiving the data packets addressed to the associated client device and for wirelessly transmitting the data packets received from the associated client device to one of another PHAST and the PHG using a point-to-point protocol; and
the PHG includes;
a second switchable LAN transceiver for wirelessly receiving the data packets transmitted by any of the PHASTs and for wirelessly transmitting each data packet addressed to the associated client devices to a selected PHAST using a point-to-point protocol; and
a network interface for establishing communication with a server. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44)
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