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Communication system having wireless devices supporting ad hoc connections independent of the protocol version

  • US 6,829,288 B2
  • Filed: 12/11/2000
  • Issued: 12/07/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A communication system for providing at least one network and comprising wireless devices which operate on certain radio frequencies, at least one of said wireless devices including a transceiver having a receiver portion which simultaneously correlates an access code of an incoming data packet against that associated with plural wireless protocol versions, supported by that wireless device, in a manner to permit a linkup between that wireless device and other ones of said wireless devices including those which support a linkup in accordance with only one of said plural wireless protocol versions,wherein the receiver portion of each of said wireless devices includes as many correlators as are the number of wireless protocol versions each such wireless device supports, and wherein said plural wireless protocol versions include at least two ISM (Industrial Scientific Medical) frequency band protocol versions, one of which is a relatively more advanced version of the other.

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