Virtual full duplex network communications
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1. A method in a network of distributed wireless communication devices, comprising:
- providing virtual full-duplex wireless communication, where the virtual full-duplex wireless communication includes;
receiving, by a first half-duplex wireless communication device, a symbol of information from a second wireless communication device, the receiving occurring during a transmission of a data packet by the first half-duplex wireless communication device, the data packet being partitioned to include a reception slot to receive the symbol of information during transmission of the data packet; and
receiving, by the first half-duplex wireless communication device, a symbol of information from a third wireless communication device during another reception slot of the data packet being transmitted by the first half-duplex wireless communication device.
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Abstract
A half-duplex wireless network device is structured to transmit and receive information over a unique pattern of one or more transmission slots and one or more reception slots within each of a sequence of communication frames to accomplish virtual full-duplex communication.
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1. A method in a network of distributed wireless communication devices, comprising:
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providing virtual full-duplex wireless communication, where the virtual full-duplex wireless communication includes; receiving, by a first half-duplex wireless communication device, a symbol of information from a second wireless communication device, the receiving occurring during a transmission of a data packet by the first half-duplex wireless communication device, the data packet being partitioned to include a reception slot to receive the symbol of information during transmission of the data packet; and receiving, by the first half-duplex wireless communication device, a symbol of information from a third wireless communication device during another reception slot of the data packet being transmitted by the first half-duplex wireless communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method in a network of distributed wireless communication devices, comprising:
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providing virtual full-duplex wireless communication, where the virtual full-duplex wireless communication includes; transmitting, by a first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device, a first and a second information to a third half-duplex wireless communication device; and simultaneously sending, by the third half-duplex wireless communication device, symbols of information in a data packet to the first wireless communication device while receiving the first and second information from the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device, the symbols of information being sent during transmission slots of the data packet and the first and second information being received during reception slots of the data packet. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A wireless communication device operable to wirelessly communicate with one or more other devices through a wireless network, comprising:
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a half-duplex radio configured to provide a virtual full-duplex wireless communication; the half-duplex radio including a wireless transmitter and a wireless receiver; a signal processor operatively coupled to the wireless transmitter and the wireless receiver, the signal processor being structured to execute an operating logic to communicate information in a data packet in accordance with a pattern unique to the device relative to the other devices; and where the data packet is partitioned into a data transmission slot and a data reception slot, the operating logic being structured to transmit the information during the transmission slot of the data packet and listen for information during the reception slot of the data packet, where data transmission slot for a unique pattern overlaps with data transmission slot from another unique pattern. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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