Directional statistical priority multiple access system and related method
First Claim
1. A communications system for radio frequency data transfer, comprising:
- an omnidirectional antenna element associated with a first node, the omnidirectional antenna element including an omnidirectional radio frequency transmitter;
a directional antenna element associated with the first node, the directional antenna element having a field of view;
a controller operably coupled with each of the directional antenna element and the omnidirectional antenna element for operational control of each of the omnidirectional antenna element and the directional antenna element;
a memory operably coupled with the controller;
an input output device operably coupled with the controller, the input output device including a data generation device and data reception device;
the memory storing non-transitory computer readable program code for a statistical priority multiple access channel access protocol, the computer readable program code comprising instructions for causing the controller to;
receive a first signal via the directional antenna element;
store content information from the first signal to the memory;
determine a neighborhood contingent based at least on the content information;
determine, from at least one of;
the content information and a receiving vector of the first signal, an azimuth and elevation to an origin of the first signal;
determine, from the content information, if the origin of the first signal is at least one desired neighborhood node;
direct the directional antenna element to the azimuth and elevation if the origin of the first signal is the at least one desired neighborhood node so as to limit a first node receipt of radio frequency energy originating outside the field of view of the directional antenna element, the directing including narrowing the field of view of the directional antenna element;
transmit a second signal via the omnidirectional antenna element, the second signal based on a data generation;
operably connect the first node with the at least one desired neighborhood node via the first signal and the second signal to enable radio frequency data transfer via the statistical priority multiple access channel access protocol between the first node and the at least one desired neighborhood node so as to enable a neighborhood throughput based on the number of nodes in the field of view of the directional antenna element.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and related method for providing high bandwidth communication between nodes in an RF neighborhood. Each node may transmit via an omnidirectional antenna element while time differentially receiving via a directional antenna element. As each node receives signals from neighborhood nodes, it determines a neighborhood contingent as well as a desirability of the received signals and the direction from which the desirable signals originate. Based on this direction, each node focuses a directional antenna element on the node from which a signal is desired while eliminating interference from transmissions from undesired nodes. Based on the neighborhood contingent, the system adjusts the node'"'"'s omnidirectional transmit rates to communicate via statistical priority multiple access protocols with the desirable neighborhood nodes. The system adjusts the node'"'"'s statistical priority multiple access channel access to account for the eliminated interference.
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20 Claims
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1. A communications system for radio frequency data transfer, comprising:
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an omnidirectional antenna element associated with a first node, the omnidirectional antenna element including an omnidirectional radio frequency transmitter; a directional antenna element associated with the first node, the directional antenna element having a field of view; a controller operably coupled with each of the directional antenna element and the omnidirectional antenna element for operational control of each of the omnidirectional antenna element and the directional antenna element; a memory operably coupled with the controller; an input output device operably coupled with the controller, the input output device including a data generation device and data reception device; the memory storing non-transitory computer readable program code for a statistical priority multiple access channel access protocol, the computer readable program code comprising instructions for causing the controller to; receive a first signal via the directional antenna element; store content information from the first signal to the memory; determine a neighborhood contingent based at least on the content information; determine, from at least one of;
the content information and a receiving vector of the first signal, an azimuth and elevation to an origin of the first signal;determine, from the content information, if the origin of the first signal is at least one desired neighborhood node; direct the directional antenna element to the azimuth and elevation if the origin of the first signal is the at least one desired neighborhood node so as to limit a first node receipt of radio frequency energy originating outside the field of view of the directional antenna element, the directing including narrowing the field of view of the directional antenna element; transmit a second signal via the omnidirectional antenna element, the second signal based on a data generation; operably connect the first node with the at least one desired neighborhood node via the first signal and the second signal to enable radio frequency data transfer via the statistical priority multiple access channel access protocol between the first node and the at least one desired neighborhood node so as to enable a neighborhood throughput based on the number of nodes in the field of view of the directional antenna element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for radio frequency data transfer, comprising:
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associating a directional antenna element and an omnidirectional antenna element within a first node, each of the directional antenna element and the omnidirectional antenna element operably coupled with a controller, the omnidirectional antenna element being an omnidirectional radio frequency transmitter, the controller having non-transitory computer readable program code embodied therein for a statistical priority multiple access channel access protocol, the computer readable program code comprising instructions which, when executed by the controller, cause the controller to; receive a data input via an input output device operably coupled with the controller, the input output device including a data generation device and a data reception device; receive a first signal via the directional antenna element, the directional antenna element having a field of view; store content information from the first signal within a memory operably coupled with the controller; determine a neighborhood contingent based at least on the content information; determine, from at least one of;
the content information and a receiving vector of the first signal, an azimuth and elevation to an origin of the first signal;determine, from the content information, if the origin of the first signal is at least one desired neighborhood node; direct the directional antenna element to the azimuth and elevation if the origin of the first signal is the at least one desired neighborhood node so as to limit a first node receipt of radio frequency energy originating outside the field of view of the directional antenna element, the directing including narrowing the field of view of the directional antenna element; transmit a second signal via the omnidirectional antenna element, the second signal based on the data generation; operably connect the first node with the at least one desired neighborhood node via the first signal and the second signal to enable radio frequency data transfer via the statistical priority multiple access channel access protocol between the first node and the at least one desired neighborhood node so as to enable a neighborhood throughput based on the number of nodes in the field of view of the directional antenna element. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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