On/off keying node-to-node messaging transceiver network with dynamic routing and configuring
DCFirst Claim
1. A system comprising a plurality of at least three nodes wherein each node hands off a message received from another node to a subsequent node, including an intermediate node for handing off the message from one node of the system to another node of the system, an originating node for providing data to one of the intermediate nodes, and a destination node for receiving the message from one of the intermediate nodes;
- each of the nodes comprising;
a transceiver employing on/off keying of a reference frequency continuous waveform, said transceiver receiving a keyed message on the reference frequency from another node and transmitting the received message on the reference frequency to a subsequent node; and
a controller controlling operation of the transceiver to receive the message transmitted by another node and to transmit the received message to a subsequent node.
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Abstract
The invention is a system operating on a reference frequency. The system comprises a plurality of at least three nodes. Each node hands off a message received from another node to a subsequent node. Each of the nodes comprises a transceiver receiving a message on the reference frequency from another node and transmitting the received message on the reference frequency to a subsequent node, and a controller controlling operation of the transceiver to receive the.. message transmitted by another node and to transmit the received message to a subsequent node.
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33 Claims
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1. A system comprising a plurality of at least three nodes wherein each node hands off a message received from another node to a subsequent node, including an intermediate node for handing off the message from one node of the system to another node of the system, an originating node for providing data to one of the intermediate nodes, and a destination node for receiving the message from one of the intermediate nodes;
- each of the nodes comprising;
a transceiver employing on/off keying of a reference frequency continuous waveform, said transceiver receiving a keyed message on the reference frequency from another node and transmitting the received message on the reference frequency to a subsequent node; and
a controller controlling operation of the transceiver to receive the message transmitted by another node and to transmit the received message to a subsequent node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- each of the nodes comprising;
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12. A system comprising a plurality of nodes, each node comprising a transceiver and a corresponding controller for controlling the operation of the transceiver, wherein each controller operates its corresponding transceiver as one or more of the following types of nodes:
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an originating type of node for providing a message in which the transceiver employs on/off keying of a reference frequency continuous waveform to transmit a keyed message to another node of the system;
an intermediate type of node for handing off a message in which the transceiver employs on/off keying of a reference frequency continuous waveform to receive the message transmitted by another node and to transmit the received message to a subsequent node other than the node from which the message was received; and
a destination type of node for receiving the message in which the transceiver employs on/off keying of a reference frequency continuous waveform to receive the message transmitted by another node. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system operating on a reference frequency comprising a plurality of nodes, each node comprising a transceiver and a corresponding controller for controlling the operation of the transceiver, wherein each controller operates its corresponding transceiver as one or more of the following types of nodes:
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an originating type of node for providing a message in which the transceiver transmits on the reference frequency a message to another node of the system;
an intermediate type of node for handing off a message in which the transceiver receives on the reference frequency the message transmitted by another node and transmits on the reference frequency the received message to a subsequent node other than the node from which the message was received; and
a destination type of node for receiving the message in which the transceiver receives on the reference frequency the message transmitted by another node; and
wherein each transceiver has an adjustable power output which varies as a function of the number of nodes responding thereto thereby reducing interference between adjacent transceivers and thereby increasing the effective bandwidth of the system.
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27. A message having a protocol which permits the message to be successively transmitted by a wireless network of transceiver nodes employing node-to-node messaging using on/off keying of a reference frequency continuous waveform wherein a keyed message including data is sent from a first node originating via one or more intermediate nodes to a last node designated by the first node as the destination of the message, the keyed message comprising:
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data bits corresponding to the data;
originating bits identifying the first node from which the message originates;
destination bit identifying the last node to which the message is destined;
transmitting bits identifying the current node transmitting the message; and
receiving bits identifying the next node intended to receive the message currently being transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. A system operating on a reference frequency comprising an originating node, a plurality of intermediate nodes and a destination node,
wherein the originating node provides data to the intermediate node, the originating node comprising: -
a first transceiver transmitting on the reference frequency a message including the data and receiving on the reference frequency an implicit and/or explicit acknowledgment that the message has been received by one of the intermediate nodes; and
a first controller controlling operation of the first transceiver to transmit the message to the intermediate node and to receive the implicit and/or explicit acknowledgment that the message has been received by one of the intermediate nodes;
wherein each of the intermediate nodes hands off the message from one node of the system to another node of the system, each of the intermediate nodes comprising;
a second transceiver receiving the message transmitted on the reference frequency by the one node and transmitting on the reference frequency an implicit and/or explicit acknowledgment to the one node that the message has been received by the intermediate node, the second transceiver also transmitting on the reference frequency the received message and receiving on the reference frequency an implicit and/or explicit acknowledgment that the message has been received by the another node; and
a second controller controlling operation of the second transceiver to receive the message transmitted by the one node and to transmit an implicit and/or explicit acknowledgment that the message has been received by the intermediate node and to thereafter transmit the received message and receive the implicit and/or explicit acknowledgment that the message has been received by the another node; and
a destination node receiving the message from one of the intermediate nodes, the destination node comprising;
a third transceiver receiving on the reference frequency the message transmitted by the one intermediate node and transmitting on the reference frequency an implicit and/or explicit acknowledgment to the one intermediate node that the message has been received by the destination node; and
a third controller controlling the operation of the third transceiver to receive the message transmitted by the one intermediate node and to transmit an implicit and/or explicit acknowledgment that the message has been received by the destination node. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
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