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Method of operation for a three-dimensional, wireless network

  • US 20040160908A1
  • Filed: 02/14/2003
  • Published: 08/19/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operation for wireless transmission of data to one or more destination devices across a network that includes a plurality of access points disposed about a building, each access point having a first transmission range of maximum bandwidth and a second transmission range of signal interference, the access points being arranged in a topology wherein each access point is spaced-apart from a nearest neighboring access point by a first distance less than the first transmission range, the method comprising:

  • transmitting the data, by a first access point, on a first channel of a first frequency band at a first data rate, the first frequency band having a plurality of channels;

    repeating the data in the first frequency band substantially at the first data rate by a series of additional access points that extend across the topology, each of the additional access points;

    receiving the data in the first frequency band; and

    re-transmitting the data in the first frequency band on one of the plurality of channels, wherein any pair of the access points transmitting on a same channel is separated by a distance greater than the second transmission range.

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