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Communications system and method

  • US 7,099,297 B2
  • Filed: 08/10/2001
  • Issued: 08/29/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A communications system, the system comprising:

  • a plurality of nodes, each node having;

    receiving means for receiving a signal transmitted by wireless transmitting means;

    transmitting means for wireless transmission of a signal; 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, each of said links being to one other node only, the links being arranged such that at least some of the nodes are not linked only to the nearest neighbour node(s).

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