Wireless communication method, system and apparatus

• US 20040121786A1
• Filed: 10/06/2003
• Published: 06/24/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ION Geophysical Corporation
• Original Assignee: Input/Output Incorporated
• Inventors: Dart, Robert P., Radcliffe, Keith S.
• Application Number:
  US10/679,858
• Publication Number:
  US 20040121786A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/500
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 1/003 Seismic data acquisition in general, e.g. survey design G01V1/3808, G01V1/42 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/32 Architecture of open systems interconnection [OSI] 7-layer type protocol stacks, e.g. the interfaces between the data link level and the physical level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/02 Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/08 Non-scheduled access, e.g. ALOHA hybrid access H04W74/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/00 Wireless network protocols or protocol adaptations to wireless operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/08 Upper layer protocols network arrangements or communication protocols for networked applications H04L67/00

Abstract

The present invention, in certain embodiments, is a method, system and apparatus for information gathering, for example seismic data acquisition operations or utility services monitoring for homes, businesses and municipalities, using a wireless network with a virtual enabling data communication and storage over multiple environments, hardware systems and time frames. This WAN platform is capable of handling all communications for a seismic field crew or other information gathering organization. The invention provides near real-time dissemination of data across a mobile network to a destination system.

Claims

1. A wireless communication system comprised of nodes, said nodes comprising:

a. a physical layer;

b. a virtual layer; and

c. an application layer.

2. The system of claim 1 further comprising at least one of:

i) a protocol layer, ii) a Media Access Control layer, and iii) a Hardware Abstraction layer.

3. The system of claim 1 further comprising an application interface layer.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the virtual layer enables data storage and transfer between any layer.

5. The system of claim 1 further comprising a communication routing table that dynamically changes geometries of node positions to direct communication routes.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the physical layer further comprises a connection to a GPS receiver.

7. A method of wireless communication comprising:

a. a physical layer for acquiring input data;

b. a virtual layer; and

c. an application layer.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising at least one of:

i) a protocol layer, ii) a Media Access Control layer, and iii) a Hardware Abstraction layer.

9. The method of claim 7 further comprising an application interface layer.

10. The method of claim 7 wherein the virtual layer enables data storage and transfer between any layer.

11. The method of claim 7 further comprising a communication routing table that dynamically changes geometries of node positions to direct communication routes.

12. The method of claim 7 wherein the physical layer further comprises a connection to a GPS receiver

13. A wireless communication apparatus comprising:

a. a physical layer connected to a device for acquiring input data;

b. a virtual layer; and

c. an application layer.

14. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 13 further comprising at least one of:

i) a protocol layer, ii) a Media Access Control layer, and iii) a Hardware Abstraction layer.

15. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 13 further comprising an application interface layer.

16. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 13 wherein the virtual layer enables data storage and transfer between any layer.

17. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 13 further comprising routing table that dynamically changes geometries of node positions to direct communication routes.

18. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 13 wherein the physical layer further comprises a connection to a GPS receiver

19. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 13 further comprising a memory storage device.