Method and system for deploying a wireless repeater
First Claim
1. A method of dynamically deploying wireless repeaters in an ad hoc communications network for providing optimized placement of the repeaters and improved coverage within the communications network, comprising the steps of:
- establishing one or more active repeaters to define said communications network, wherein one of said active repeaters serves as a critical communications node;
deploying one or more inactive repeaters in said communications network;
for each of said inactive repeaters, evaluating a quality of a signal between said critical node and at least one other of said active repeaters deployed in the communications network, the evaluating step including at least one of;
measuring a signal strength from other active repeaters in the communications network; and
measuring a signal strength from a nearest repeater among the other active repeaters in the communications network;
responsive to said quality falling below a critical level, activating said inactive repeater; and
entering a vertical unit for signal reception in said activated repeater, said entered vertical unit identifying a floor level of said activated repeater.
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Abstract
A method (200) of dynamically deploying wireless repeaters in a communication network can include establishing (205) a first wireless repeater serving as a communication node, evaluating (210) quality of a signal dynamically among at least one additional repeater being deployed in the communication network and the communication node, and selectively entering (215) a vertical unit in one of the additional repeaters being deployed. Evaluating the quality can include measuring (211) a signal strength from other repeaters in the communication system or measuring (212) a signal strength from a nearest repeater among the other repeaters in the system. Evaluating can also include pinging (213) the communication node. The vertical units can be entered as an input using any number of input devices including, but not limited to a keypad, a rotary switch (22 and 24), a voice recognition system or any combination thereof.
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5 Claims
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1. A method of dynamically deploying wireless repeaters in an ad hoc communications network for providing optimized placement of the repeaters and improved coverage within the communications network, comprising the steps of:
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establishing one or more active repeaters to define said communications network, wherein one of said active repeaters serves as a critical communications node; deploying one or more inactive repeaters in said communications network; for each of said inactive repeaters, evaluating a quality of a signal between said critical node and at least one other of said active repeaters deployed in the communications network, the evaluating step including at least one of; measuring a signal strength from other active repeaters in the communications network; and measuring a signal strength from a nearest repeater among the other active repeaters in the communications network; responsive to said quality falling below a critical level, activating said inactive repeater; and entering a vertical unit for signal reception in said activated repeater, said entered vertical unit identifying a floor level of said activated repeater. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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