Communications system and method
First Claim
1. A communications system, the system comprising:
- a plurality of nodes, each node having;
receiving means for receiving via an antenna a signal transmitted by wireless transmitting means;
transmitting means for wireless transmission of a signal via an antenna; and
,means for determining if a signal received by said node includes information for another node and causing a signal including said information to be transmitted by said transmitting means to another node if said received signal includes information for another node;
each node having one or more substantially unidirectional point-to-point wireless transmission links, at least some of the nodes having plural substantially unidirectional point-to-point wireless transmission links which share at least one of a receiver of the receiving means and a transmitter of the transmitting means, each of said links being to one other node only, at least some of the nodes being the origination and termination point of user traffic.
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Abstract
A communications system (1) includes a plurality of nodes (2). Each node (2) has receiving means for receiving via an antenna (13) a signal transmitted by wireless transmitting means; transmitting means for wireless transmission of a signal via an antenna (13); and, means for determining if a signal received by said node (2) includes information for another node (2) and causing a signal including said information to be transmitted by said transmitting means to another node (2) if said received signal includes information for another node (2). Each node (2) has one or more substantially unidirectional point-to-point wireless transmission links (3). At least some of the nodes (2) have plural substantially unidirectional point-to-point wireless transmission links (3) which share at least one of a receiver (10) of the receiving means and a transmitter (11) of the transmitting means. Each of the links (3) is to one other node (2) only. At least some of the nodes (2) are the origination and termination point of user traffic.
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40 Claims
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1. A communications system, the system comprising:
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a plurality of nodes, each node having; receiving means for receiving via an antenna a signal transmitted by wireless transmitting means; transmitting means for wireless transmission of a signal via an antenna; and
,means for determining if a signal received by said node includes information for another node and causing a signal including said information to be transmitted by said transmitting means to another node if said received signal includes information for another node; each node having one or more substantially unidirectional point-to-point wireless transmission links, at least some of the nodes having plural substantially unidirectional point-to-point wireless transmission links which share at least one of a receiver of the receiving means and a transmitter of the transmitting means, each of said links being to one other node only, at least some of the nodes being the origination and termination point of user traffic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 40)
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29. A method of communications across a network of nodes, each node having one or more substantially unidirectional point-to-point wireless transmission links, at least some of the nodes having plural substantially unidirectional point-to-point wireless transmission links which share at least one of a receiver and a transmitter, each of said links being to one other node only, the method comprising the steps of:
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(A) originating user data at one of the nodes; (B) transmitting a signal including said user data from said node to another node along a substantially unidirectional point-to-point wireless transmission link between said nodes; (C) receiving said signal at said other node; (D) determining in said other node if the signal received by said other node includes user data for a further node and transmitting a signal including said user data from said other node to a further node along a substantially unidirectional point-to-point wireless transmission link between said nodes if said received signal includes user data for a further node; and
,(E) repeating steps (B) to (D) until said user data reaches its destination node. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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