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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING NETWORK ACCESS CAPACITY

  • US 20180062879A1
  • Filed: 08/31/2016
  • Published: 03/01/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2016
  • Status: Active Application
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1. A communications system, comprising:

  • a first primary gateway device for facilitating communications of a first data type, the first primary gateway device having a first color identifier associated with a first network segment of a multi-hop mesh network, and the first primary gateway device having a first fixed connection to a communications server;

    at least one first communications device capable of communicating communications of the first data type with the communications server via the first primary gateway device, the at least one first communications device having the first color identifier indicating that the at least one first communications device is part of the first network segment;

    a first auxiliary gateway device for facilitating communications of a second data type, the first auxiliary gateway device having a second color identifier, the second color identifier indicating that the first auxiliary gateway device is independent of the first network segment, and the first auxiliary gateway device having a second fixed connection to the communications server; and

    at least one second communications device capable of communicating with the communications server via the first auxiliary gateway device, the at least one second communications device including;

    the first color identifier indicating that the at least one second communications device is part of the first network segment; and

    capable of using the second color identifier indicating that the at least one second communications device communicates data of the second data type with the first auxiliary gateway device.

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