Distributed spread-spectrum network
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1. A distributed network, spread-spectrum system, comprising:
- a plurality of remote stations;
a plurality of nodes for covering a geographic area, each node in the plurality of nodes for communicating, with one or more remote stations of the plurality of remote stations, using packets having a destination address and modulated with spread-spectrum modulation, with each packet transmitted using radio waves; and
a first node within the plurality of nodes for receiving the plurality of packets from the remote station, with the first node capable of communicating a packet to a second node within the plurality of nodes, with the second node selected from two or more nodes capable of communicating with the first node.
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Abstract
A distributed spread-spectrum network, comprising remote stations and nodes. One or more hub node(s) connect(s) to a central telephone office. A node'"'"'s spread-spectrum transceiver communicates, using packets having spread-spectrum modulation, over radio waves, with the remote stations. Each packet has a source address and a destination address, and may have other information such as a header, start of message, end of message, flow-control information, forward error correction, and message data. A store-and-forward subsystem stores and forwards one or more packets to and from the remote station. The store-and-forward subsystem stores and forwards the one or more packets to and from another node. A flow-control subsystem controls the store-and-forward subsystem, to store each packet arriving at the spread-spectrum transceiver. The flow-control subsystem communicates traffic information between each of the nodes. The flow-control subsystem routes the packet through appropriate nodes to the hub node from a remote station. Based on the traffic at each node, the flow-control subsystem transmits the packet from the hub node to an appropriate node, and routes the packet to a recipient remote station. The flow-control subsystem routes the plurality of packets through a path in the plurality of nodes to ensure that the plurality of packets arrive sequentially for voice or video packets.
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1. A distributed network, spread-spectrum system, comprising:
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a plurality of remote stations; a plurality of nodes for covering a geographic area, each node in the plurality of nodes for communicating, with one or more remote stations of the plurality of remote stations, using packets having a destination address and modulated with spread-spectrum modulation, with each packet transmitted using radio waves; and a first node within the plurality of nodes for receiving the plurality of packets from the remote station, with the first node capable of communicating a packet to a second node within the plurality of nodes, with the second node selected from two or more nodes capable of communicating with the first node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A distributed network, spread-spectrum system, comprising:
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a plurality of remote stations; a plurality of nodes for covering a geographic area, each node in the plurality of nodes for communicating, with one or more remote stations of the plurality of remote stations, using packets having a destination address and modulated with spread-spectrum modulation, with each packet transmitted between a first node and remote station using radio waves; and a flow-control system, responsive to the traffic information and to a particular packet, from the first node, with the first node capable of communicating a packet to a second node within the plurality of nodes, with the second node selected from two or more nodes capable of communicating with the first node, the particular packet having a particular destination address of a respective destination node of the plurality of nodes, for selecting a path, including the second node, of a multiplicity of nodes through the plurality of nodes to the destination node, said flow-control system for routing, responsive to the traffic information, the particular packet through the path of the multiplicity of nodes to the respective destination node. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A distributed network, spread-spectrum method, having a plurality of nodes, comprising the steps of:
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communicating, to a first node of the plurality of nodes, with one or more remote stations of a plurality of remote stations, using packets having a destination address and modulated with spread-spectrum modulation, with each packet transmitted between the first node and remote station using radio waves; communicating traffic information between the plurality of nodes; selecting, responsive to the traffic information and to a particular packet, from the first node, having a particular destination address of a respective destination node of the plurality of nodes, a path, including a second node, within the plurality of nodes, with the second node selected from two or more nodes capable of communicating with the first node, of a multiplicity of nodes through the plurality of nodes to the destination node; and routing, responsive to the traffic information, the particular packet through the path of the multiplicity of nodes to the respective destination node. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A distributed network, spread-spectrum system, comprising:
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a plurality of remote stations; a plurality of nodes for covering a geographic area, each node in the plurality of nodes for communicating, with one or more remote stations of the plurality of remote stations, using packets having a destination address and modulated with spread-spectrum modulation, with each packet transmitted between a first node and remote station using radio waves; and a central flow-control management system, responsive to the traffic information and to a particular packet, from the first node, having a respective destination address of a respective destination node of the plurality of nodes, for selecting a path, including a second node, within the plurality of nodes, with the second node selected from two or more nodes capable of communicating with the first node, of a multiplicity of nodes through the plurality of nodes to the destination node, said central flow-control management system for routing, responsive to the traffic information, the particular packet through the path of the multiplicity of nodes to the respective destination node. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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Specification