INCREASING DATA BANDWIDTH TO WIRELESS DEVICES
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1. A method of increasing data bandwidth to a wireless client device, comprising:
- transmitting data to the wireless client device across two types of wireless communication channels simultaneously by;
transmitting a first part of a data message to the wireless client device across a first wireless communication channel via a selected one or more transmitters of an array of two or more transmitters of a first transmitter type that in combination cover one or more areas of a room; and
simultaneously transmitting a second part of the data message to the wireless client device across a second wireless communication channel via one or more transmitters of a second transmitter type, different than the first transmitter type.
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Abstract
Techniques and solutions are provides for increasing data bandwidth to wireless devices in a wireless network. Data bandwidth to a wireless device can be increased by using an array of wireless transmitters of one type, arranged to cover one or more areas of an enclosed space, in combination with one or more wireless transmitters of another type, to simultaneously transmit data to the wireless device over different wireless communication channels.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of increasing data bandwidth to a wireless client device, comprising:
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transmitting data to the wireless client device across two types of wireless communication channels simultaneously by; transmitting a first part of a data message to the wireless client device across a first wireless communication channel via a selected one or more transmitters of an array of two or more transmitters of a first transmitter type that in combination cover one or more areas of a room; and simultaneously transmitting a second part of the data message to the wireless client device across a second wireless communication channel via one or more transmitters of a second transmitter type, different than the first transmitter type. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for transmitting data to wireless devices comprising:
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an array of two or more free-space optical (FSO) transmitters arranged to communicate with wireless devices in one or more areas of an enclosed space; a second group of one or more radio frequency (RF) transmitters configured to communicate with the wireless devices in the one or more areas of the enclosed space; and an access point coupled to the array of FSO transmitters and the second group of RF transmitters and configured to divide a data message into portions and selectively transmit some of the portions of the data message over at least one of the transmitters in the first group and some of the portions of the data message over at least one of the transmitters in the second group. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. One or more computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions for causing a wireless computing device to perform a method of increasing data bandwidth to the wireless computing device, the method comprising:
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transmitting a request to an access point over a wireless radio frequency (RF) communication channel; and receiving from the access point; a first part of a response over the wireless RF communication channel via an RF transmitter, and a second part of the response over a wireless diffuse light communication channel via one or more free-space optical (FSO) transmitters configured to transmit data via one or more cones of diffuse light. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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