SPATIALLY AWARE WIRELESS NETWORK
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1. A spatially aware wireless network comprising:
- a plurality of nodes, wherein one or more nodes in the plurality of nodes is configured to receive, via a physical layer, a polarized spatial position signal from a transmitting node in the plurality of nodes using near field magnetic induction (NFMI);
a spatial position module configured to determine an orientation and a position of the transmitting node in the spatially aware wireless network, based on the received polarized spatial positioning signal, to determine one or more of a position, and an orientation of the transmitting node relative to the one or more nodes; and
a network configuration module configured to define a network configuration using one or more of the plurality of nodes, wherein the network configuration is defined based on at least one of the position, and the orientation of the one or more nodes in the plurality of nodes identified using the spatial position module.
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Abstract
Technology for a spatially aware wireless network is disclosed. One embodiment comprises a plurality of near field magnetic induction nodes. One or more nodes is configured to communicate a polarized spatial position signal using near field magnetic induction (NFMI) to determine one or more of a position and an orientation of one or more nodes in the spatially aware wireless network. A detection module is operable to configure the spatially aware wireless network based one or more of a position and an orientation of one or more nodes in the plurality of nodes.
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39 Claims
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1. A spatially aware wireless network comprising:
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a plurality of nodes, wherein one or more nodes in the plurality of nodes is configured to receive, via a physical layer, a polarized spatial position signal from a transmitting node in the plurality of nodes using near field magnetic induction (NFMI); a spatial position module configured to determine an orientation and a position of the transmitting node in the spatially aware wireless network, based on the received polarized spatial positioning signal, to determine one or more of a position, and an orientation of the transmitting node relative to the one or more nodes; and a network configuration module configured to define a network configuration using one or more of the plurality of nodes, wherein the network configuration is defined based on at least one of the position, and the orientation of the one or more nodes in the plurality of nodes identified using the spatial position module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon, the instructions which when executed by one or more processors perform the following operations to provide a spatially aware wireless network, the operations comprising:
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processing a polarized spatial position signal received at a first node from one of more nodes in a plurality of nodes to enable a position and an orientation of one or more nodes in the spatially aware cognitive wireless network to be determined relative to the first node; performing a decision based on one or more of the position, and the orientations of the one or more nodes in the plurality of nodes; and configuring the spatially aware cognitive wireless network based on one or more of the position, and the orientation of the one or more nodes in the plurality of nodes. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for forming a spatially defined communication network, comprising
communicating a spatial position signal from a first spatially aware node to a second spatially aware node, wherein each of the first and second spatially aware nodes are configured to communicate using near field magnetic induction (NFMI) to transmit or receive the spatial position signal; -
determining at least one of a position and an orientation of the first spatially aware node relative to the second spatially aware node using the spatial position signal; and configuring a spatially aware wireless network based on one or more of the position and the orientations of the first spatially aware node relative to the second spatially aware node. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A spatially aware wireless node:
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a wireless node configured to receive, via a physical layer, a polarized spatial position signal from a transmitting node in the spatially aware wireless node, using near field magnetic induction (NFMI); a spatial position module configured to determine an orientation and a position of the transmitting node in the spatially aware wireless network, based on the received polarized spatial positioning signal, to determine a position and an orientation of the transmitting node relative to the wireless node; and a network configuration module configured to define a network configuration based on at least one of the position and the orientation of the wireless node identified using the spatial position module. - View Dependent Claims (36)
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37. A spatially aware wireless network comprising:
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a plurality of nodes, wherein one or more nodes in the plurality of nodes is configured to receive, via a physical layer, a polarized spatial position signal from a transmitting node in the plurality of nodes using near field magnetic induction (NFMI); a spatial position module configured to determine an orientation and a position of the transmitting node in the spatially aware wireless network, based on the received polarized spatial positioning signal, to determine one or more of a position and an orientation of the transmitting node relative to the one or more nodes; and a permission module configured to communicate a permission to selected nodes in the plurality of nodes or to an external device based on at least one of the position, and the orientation of the one or more nodes in the plurality of nodes identified using the spatial position module. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39)
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