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Broadband communication platform and methods of network operation

  • US 7,181,206 B2
  • Filed: 10/07/2002
  • Issued: 02/20/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A subscriber platform operated by a subscriber for originating and conducting broadband communication for personal services in a dynamic ad hoc multi-channel network having a plurality of neighbor subscriber platforms, the subscriber platform comprising:

  • an antenna for communication via a plurality of directional beams;

    a plurality of transceivers operating simultaneously, each transceiver coupled to the antenna for communication via a respective directional beam, at least two transceivers of the plurality providing a respective non-redundant received data stream from a respective neighbor subscriber platform of the plurality of neighbor subscriber platforms at a respective data rate, and at least one of the transceivers of the plurality performing communication supporting personal services of a neighbor subscriber platform;

    a port for coupling a provided local peripheral device to the subscriber platform, the peripheral device comprising at least one of a display device, a storage device, and a processing device, wherein the peripheral device accomplishes personal services in accordance with aggregated data and directed add by the subscriber via a provided user interface;

    a processor coupled to the port, wherein;

    (1) each directional beam has a respective direction responsive to the processor;

    (2) the processor is coupled to the plurality of transceivers;

    (3) each transceiver, in response to the processor for communication via a respective directional beam, uses a respective frequency channel; and

    (4) the processor assembles the aggregated data, the aggregated data being assembled in sequence and derived from at least a part of each respective received data stream, the aggregated data having an aggregated data rate greater than each respective data rate.

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