Method and apparatus for increasing service efficacy in an ad-hoc mesh network
First Claim
1. A wireless communications unit (WCU) arranged and constructed to provide service in a mesh network comprising in combination:
- a receiver for receiving a signal from a first WCU in the mesh network;
a directional antenna system for coupling said signal to said receiver, said signal arriving from a first selected one of a first plurality of directions;
a controller, coupled to said receiver and said directional antenna system, to control said directional antenna system such that said signal from said first selected one of said first plurality of directions is coupled to said receiver according too a local predetennined pattern of said first plurality of directions; and
a transmitter, coupled to said controller and said directional antenna system, said controller interrupting said local predetermined pattern of said first plurality of directions and cooperatively controlling said transmitter and said directional antenna to send a second signal in a second selected one of said first plurality of directions.
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Abstract
A method of and wireless communications unit (WCU) for providing service in a mesh network includes a receiver for receiving a first signal from a first WCU in the mesh network; a directional antenna system for coupling the signal to the receiver, the signal arriving from a first selected one of a first plurality of directions; a controller to control the directional antenna system such that the signal is coupled to the receiver according too a local predetermined pattern of the first plurality of directions; and a transmitter to send a second signal in a second selected one of the first plurality of directions, where the controller interrupts the local predetermined pattern and selects the second direction.
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29 Claims
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1. A wireless communications unit (WCU) arranged and constructed to provide service in a mesh network comprising in combination:
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a receiver for receiving a signal from a first WCU in the mesh network;
a directional antenna system for coupling said signal to said receiver, said signal arriving from a first selected one of a first plurality of directions;
a controller, coupled to said receiver and said directional antenna system, to control said directional antenna system such that said signal from said first selected one of said first plurality of directions is coupled to said receiver according too a local predetennined pattern of said first plurality of directions; and
a transmitter, coupled to said controller and said directional antenna system, said controller interrupting said local predetermined pattern of said first plurality of directions and cooperatively controlling said transmitter and said directional antenna to send a second signal in a second selected one of said first plurality of directions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 24, 27, 28, 29)
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11. In a wireless communications unit (WCU) a method of providing service in a mesh network including the steps of
providing a local predetermined pattern of first selected ones of a plurality of directions; -
controlling a directional antenna system according to said local predetermined pattern to selectively receive signals from other WCUs in the mesh network, said signals arriving from said first selected ones of said plurality of directions; and
controlling said directional antenna system to deviate from said predetermined pattern to selectively transmit signals to other WCUs in the mesh network, said signals sent in second selected ones of said plurality of directions. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A mesh communications system including a plurality of wireless communications units (WCUs) comprising in combination:
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an originating WCU for transmitting a signal;
a routing WCU including a receiver and a transmitter each coupled to a directional antenna system, said receiver and said directional antenna system cooperatively controlled to receive said signal from a first selected one of a first plurality of directions, said first selected one determined according too a local predetermined pattern of said first plurality of directions, said transmitter and said directional antenna system cooperatively controlled to send said signal in a second selected one of said first plurality of directions. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 25, 26)
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