Method of call routing and connection
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Abstract
A method of radio communications and routing and connection in a mobile radio system consisting of the steps of providing nodes for transmitting and receiving signals wherein the nodes are positioned in a free form fashion within a defined area, and the routing of a communication is determined based on selecting the most desirable and normally the shortest path between the communication source and the destination drop.
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62 Claims
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11. A radio communications system including a plurality of individual nodes capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other, said nodes being controllable independent of a central computer separate from said nodes, each said node comprising:
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a transmitter for transmitting radio signals to other said nodes and a receiver for receiving said radio signals from other said nodes;
circuitry for using said radio signals to establish radio links between plural pairs of said nodes; and
routing circuitry for using an actual radio parameter of said radio signals to assemble selected said links into a radio communication route between an originating node and a destination node, said route including plural said links. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A radio communications system including a plurality of individual nodes capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other, said nodes being controllable independent of a central computer separate from said nodes, each said node comprising:
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a transmitter for transmitting radio signals to other said nodes and a receiver for receiving said radio signals from other said nodes, said radio signals including routing messages;
circuitry for using said radio signals to establish radio links between plural pairs of said nodes; and
routing circuitry for using a content of said routing messages to assemble selected said links into an optimum radio communication route between an originating node and a destination node, said route including plural said links. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A radio communications system including a plurality of individual nodes capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other, said nodes being controllable independent of a central computer separate from said nodes, each said node comprising:
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a transmitter for transmitting radio signals to other said nodes and a receiver for receiving said radio signals from other said nodes;
detecting circuitry for detecting the quality of said radio signals received from said other nodes;
circuitry for using said radio signals to establish radio links between plural pairs of said nodes; and
routing circuitry for assembling selected said links into a radio communication route between an originating node and a destination node, said route including plural said links, wherein each said link of said route comprises a radio signal of a higher quality than the quality of said radio signal comprising any said link in any other potential radio communication route between said originating node and said destination node. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A radio communications system including a plurality of individual nodes capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other, said nodes being controllable independent of a central computer separate from said nodes, each said node comprising:
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a transmitter for transmitting radio signals to other said nodes and a receiver for receiving said radio signals from other said nodes, said radio signals including routing messages identifying said node as being one of at least two different categories that do not interfere when transmitting;
detecting circuitry for detecting the signal strength of said radio signals received from said other nodes;
circuitry for using said radio signals to establish radio links only between plural pairs of said nodes of different said categories; and
routing circuitry for assembling selected said links into a radio communication route between an originating node and a destination node, said route including plural said links consisting solely of links between different categories of said nodes, wherein each said link of said route comprises a radio signal with a higher minimum signal strength than the minimum signal strength of said radio signal comprising any said link in any other potential radio communication route between said originating node and said destination node. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42)
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43. A node for use in a radio communications system including a plurality of said nodes capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other, said nodes being controllable independent of a central computer separate from said nodes, said node comprising:
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a transmitter and receiver for transmitting radio signals to other said nodes and a receiver for receiving radio signals from other said nodes, said radio signals including routing messages;
circuitry for establishing radio links between plural pairs of said nodes; and
computer means for using a content of said routing messages to drop non-optimal said links and to assemble remaining said links into a radio communication route between an originating node and a destination node, said route including plural said links. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A radio communications system including a plurality of individual nodes capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other, said nodes being controllable independent of a central computer separate from said nodes, wherein:
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each said node includes (a) a transmitter for transmitting radio signals to other said nodes and a receiver for receiving said radio signals from other said nodes, said radio signals including routing messages, (b) circuitry for using said radio signals to establish radio links between plural pairs of said nodes, and (c) routing circuitry for using a content of said routing messages to assemble selected said links into a radio communication route between an originating node and a destination node, said route including plural said links;
said receivers include call receiving circuitry for accepting external radio signals from sources in addition to other said nodes;
said transmitters include call transmitting circuitry for transmitting said external signal to successive nodes along said route to said destination node in accordance with a content of said external signal; and
each said node further includes call hand-off circuitry for controlling said receiver and said transmitter to terminate reception of said external radio signal at one said node and initiate reception thereof at another said node without interruption of reception of said external signal by said system. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51)
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52. A method of providing a radio communications route among a plurality of individual nodes capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other, said nodes being controllable independent of a central computer separate from said nodes, the method comprising the steps of:
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establishing radio links between said nodes using radio signals transmitted from each said node and received by other said nodes; and
using an actual radio parameter of said radio signals to assemble selected said links into a radio communication route between an originating node and a destination node, said route including plural said links. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A method of providing a radio communications route among a plurality of individual nodes capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other, wherein each said node comprises one of at least two different categories and is controllable independent of a central computer separate from said nodes, the method comprising the steps of:
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establishing radio links between said nodes using radio signals transmitted from each said node and received by other said nodes;
deleting said links between nodes of the same category; and
assembling selected remaining said links into a radio communication route, said route including plural said links. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59)
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60. A method of providing a radio communications route among a plurality of individual nodes capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other, said nodes being controllable independent of a central computer separate from said nodes, the method comprising the steps of:
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establishing radio links between said nodes using radio signals transmitted from each said node and received by other said nodes;
assembling selected said links into an optimum radio communication route between an originating node and a destination node, said route including plural said links; and
changing said route between said originating node and said destination node only when a condition of the route changes. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62)
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Specification