Method of call routing and connection

• US 20040224695A1
• Filed: 06/15/2004
• Published: 11/11/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/1995
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JSDQ Mesh Technologies LLC
• Original Assignee: Jerry R. Schloemer
• Inventors: Schloemer, Jerry R.
• Granted Patent: US 7,286,828 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/446
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/26 at least one of which is mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/10 based on available power or energy
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/205 using topographical information, e.g. hills, high rise buildings

Abstract

A method of radio communications and routing and connection in a mobile radio system consisting of the steps of providing nodes for transmitting and receiving signals wherein the nodes are positioned in a free form fashion within a defined area, and the routing of a communication is determined based on selecting the most desirable and normally the shortest path between the communication source and the destination drop.

Claims

1-10. -10. (Canceled)

11. A radio communications system including a plurality of individual nodes capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other, said nodes being controllable independent of a central computer separate from said nodes, each said node comprising:

a transmitter for transmitting radio signals to other said nodes and a receiver for receiving said radio signals from other said nodes;

circuitry for using said radio signals to establish radio links between plural pairs of said nodes; and

routing circuitry for using an actual radio parameter of said radio signals to assemble selected said links into a radio communication route between an originating node and a destination node, said route including plural said links.

12. A system as in claim 11, wherein said routing circuitry uses said radio parameter to assemble an optimum said radio communication route.

13. A system as in claim 12, wherein:

said radio signals identify each said node as being one of at least two different categories that do not interfere when transmitting; and

said links are established only between different said categories of said nodes.

14. A system as in claim 12, wherein said routing circuitry uses said radio parameter to assemble said links into multiple optimum radio communication routes, each having an originating node and a destination node.

15. A system as in claim 14, wherein said routing circuitry assembles said optimum routes without necessarily including the same said node in any two said routes.

16. A system as in claim 15, wherein each said node further comprises circuitry for detecting the strength of said radio signals received from said other nodes, said actual radio parameter being said signal strength.

17. A system as in claim 16, wherein a said link is established between a pair of said nodes only when said signal strength exceeds a predetermined minimum threshold.

18. A system as in claim 17, wherein:

said radio signals identify each said node as being one of at least two different categories that do not interfere when transmitting; and

said links are established only between different said categories of said nodes.

19. A system as in claim 11, wherein each said node further comprises circuitry for detecting the strength of said radio signals received from said other nodes, said actual radio parameter being said signal strength.

20. A system as in claim 19, wherein a said link is established between a pair of said nodes only when said signal strength exceeds a predetermined minimum threshold.

21. A system as in claim 11, wherein each said node further comprises circuitry for detecting the strength of said radio signals received from said other nodes, a said link being established between a pair of said nodes only when said signal strength exceeds a predetermined minimum threshold.

22. A system as in claim 11, wherein said radio signals are transmitted by said nodes in separate time slots.

23. A system as in claim 22, wherein said radio signals are transmitted by one said node simultaneously to plural other said nodes.

24. A system as in claim 11, wherein said radio signals are transmitted by one said node simultaneously to plural other said nodes.

25. A radio communications system including a plurality of individual nodes capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other, said nodes being controllable independent of a central computer separate from said nodes, each said node comprising:

a transmitter for transmitting radio signals to other said nodes and a receiver for receiving said radio signals from other said nodes, said radio signals including routing messages;

circuitry for using said radio signals to establish radio links between plural pairs of said nodes; and

routing circuitry for using a content of said routing messages to assemble selected said links into an optimum radio communication route between an originating node and a destination node, said route including plural said links.

26. A system as in claim 25, wherein:

said routing messages identify each said node as being one of at least two different categories that do not interfere when transmitting; and

said links are established only between different said categories of said nodes.

27. A system as in claim 25, wherein:

each said node further comprises circuitry for detecting the strength of said radio signals received from said other nodes; and

each said link of said optimum route comprises a radio signal with a higher minimum signal strength than the minimum signal strength of said radio signal comprising any said link in any other potential radio communication route between said originating node and said destination node.

28. A system as in claim 27, wherein said routing circuitry uses said content of said radio messages to assemble said links into multiple optimum radio communication routes, each having an originating node and a destination node.

29. A system as in claim 28, wherein said routing circuitry assembles said routes without necessarily including the same said node in any two said routes.

30. A system as in claim 29, wherein a said link is established between a pair of said nodes only when said signal strength exceeds a predetermined minimum threshold.

31. A system as in claim 30, wherein:

said routing messages identify each said node as being one of at least two different categories that do not interfere when transmitting; and

said links are established only between different said categories of said nodes.

32. A system as in claim 25, wherein each said node further comprises circuitry for detecting the strength of said radio signals received from said other nodes, a said link being established between a pair of said nodes only when said signal strength exceeds a predetermined minimum threshold.

33. A system as in claim 25, wherein said radio signals are transmitted by one said node simultaneously to plural other said nodes.

34. A system as in claim 25, wherein said radio signals are transmitted by said nodes in separate time slots.

35. A radio communications system including a plurality of individual nodes capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other, said nodes being controllable independent of a central computer separate from said nodes, each said node comprising:

a transmitter for transmitting radio signals to other said nodes and a receiver for receiving said radio signals from other said nodes;

detecting circuitry for detecting the quality of said radio signals received from said other nodes;

circuitry for using said radio signals to establish radio links between plural pairs of said nodes; and

routing circuitry for assembling selected said links into a radio communication route between an originating node and a destination node, said route including plural said links, wherein each said link of said route comprises a radio signal of a higher quality than the quality of said radio signal comprising any said link in any other potential radio communication route between said originating node and said destination node.

36. A system as in claim 35, wherein:

said routing messages identify each said node as being one of at least two different categories that do not interfere when transmitting; and

said links are established only between different said categories of said nodes.

37. A system as in claim 36, wherein said routing circuitry assembles said links into multiple radio communication routes, each having an originating node and a destination node.

38. A system as in claim 37, wherein said routing circuitry selects said routes without necessarily including the same said node in any two said routes.

39. A system as in claim 38, wherein a said link is established between a pair of said nodes only when said signal strength exceeds a predetermined minimum threshold.

40. A radio communications system including a plurality of individual nodes capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other, said nodes being controllable independent of a central computer separate from said nodes, each said node comprising:

a transmitter for transmitting radio signals to other said nodes and a receiver for receiving said radio signals from other said nodes, said radio signals including routing messages identifying said node as being one of at least two different categories that do not interfere when transmitting;

detecting circuitry for detecting the signal strength of said radio signals received from said other nodes;

circuitry for using said radio signals to establish radio links only between plural pairs of said nodes of different said categories; and

routing circuitry for assembling selected said links into a radio communication route between an originating node and a destination node, said route including plural said links consisting solely of links between different categories of said nodes, wherein each said link of said route comprises a radio signal with a higher minimum signal strength than the minimum signal strength of said radio signal comprising any said link in any other potential radio communication route between said originating node and said destination node.

41. A system as in claim 40, wherein said routing circuitry uses a content of said radio messages to assemble said links into multiple radio communication routes, each having an originating node and a destination node, without necessarily including the same said node in any two said routes.

42. A system as in claim 41, wherein a said link is established between a pair of said nodes only when said signal strength exceeds a predetermined minimum threshold.

43. A node for use in a radio communications system including a plurality of said nodes capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other, said nodes being controllable independent of a central computer separate from said nodes, said node comprising:

a transmitter and receiver for transmitting radio signals to other said nodes and a receiver for receiving radio signals from other said nodes, said radio signals including routing messages;

circuitry for establishing radio links between plural pairs of said nodes; and

computer means for using a content of said routing messages to drop non-optimal said links and to assemble remaining said links into a radio communication route between an originating node and a destination node, said route including plural said links.

44. A node as in claim 43, further comprising detecting circuitry for detecting the strength of said radio signals received from other said nodes, wherein said computer means uses said signal strength to establish said links.

45. A node as in claim 44, wherein said computer means uses said signal strength to assemble said links into an optimum radio communication route.

46. A node as in claim 43, further comprising detecting circuitry for detecting the strength of said radio signals received from other said nodes, wherein said computer means uses said signal strength to establish said links and to assemble said links into an optimum radio communication route.

47. A node as in claim 46, wherein said computer means includes:

means for controlling said node to cause retransmission of said radio signals after said route is assembled;

means for controlling said circuitry to reestablish said links if a said node has been moved or an additional node has become available to be added to the system subsequent to assembly of said route; and

means for assembling said reestablished links based on said signal strength into a radio communication route between said originating node and said destination node, said route including plural said links.

48. A radio communications system including a plurality of individual nodes capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other, said nodes being controllable independent of a central computer separate from said nodes, wherein:

each said node includes (a) a transmitter for transmitting radio signals to other said nodes and a receiver for receiving said radio signals from other said nodes, said radio signals including routing messages, (b) circuitry for using said radio signals to establish radio links between plural pairs of said nodes, and (c) routing circuitry for using a content of said routing messages to assemble selected said links into a radio communication route between an originating node and a destination node, said route including plural said links;

said receivers include call receiving circuitry for accepting external radio signals from sources in addition to other said nodes;

said transmitters include call transmitting circuitry for transmitting said external signal to successive nodes along said route to said destination node in accordance with a content of said external signal; and

each said node further includes call hand-off circuitry for controlling said receiver and said transmitter to terminate reception of said external radio signal at one said node and initiate reception thereof at another said node without interruption of reception of said external signal by said system.

49. A system as in claim 48, wherein:

each said node further includes circuitry for detecting the strength of said radio signals received from other said nodes; and

said routing circuitry assembles said links into multiple radio communication routes, each having an originating node and a destination node, wherein each said link of each said route comprises a radio signal with a higher minimum signal strength than the minimum signal strength of said radio signal comprising any said link in any other potential radio communication route between said originating node and said destination node, without necessarily including the same said node in any two said routes.

50. A system as in claim 49, wherein:

said routing messages identify each said node as being one of at least two different categories that do not interfere when transmitting; and

said links are established only between different said categories of said nodes.

51. A system as in claim 48, wherein a said link is established between a pair of said nodes only when said signal strength exceeds a predetermined minimum threshold.

52. A method of providing a radio communications route among a plurality of individual nodes capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other, said nodes being controllable independent of a central computer separate from said nodes, the method comprising the steps of:

establishing radio links between said nodes using radio signals transmitted from each said node and received by other said nodes; and

using an actual radio parameter of said radio signals to assemble selected said links into a radio communication route between an originating node and a destination node, said route including plural said links.

53. A method as in claim 52, further comprising the step of assembling said links into multiple radio communications routes, each having an originating node and a destination node, without necessarily including the same said node in any two said routes.

54. A method as in claim 53, wherein:

said actual radio parameter is the strength of said radio signals; and

each said link of each said route comprises a radio signal with a higher minimum signal strength than the minimum signal strength of said radio signal comprising any said link in any other potential radio communication route between said originating node and said destination node.

55. A method as in claim 54, wherein:

said radio messages identify each said node as being one of at least two different categories that do not interfere when transmitting; and

said links are established only between different categories of said nodes.

56. A method as in claim 55, wherein a said link is established between a pair of said nodes only when the strength of said radio signals exceeds a predetermined minimum threshold.

57. A method of providing a radio communications route among a plurality of individual nodes capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other, wherein each said node comprises one of at least two different categories and is controllable independent of a central computer separate from said nodes, the method comprising the steps of:

establishing radio links between said nodes using radio signals transmitted from each said node and received by other said nodes;

deleting said links between nodes of the same category; and

assembling selected remaining said links into a radio communication route, said route including plural said links.

58. A method as in claim 57, wherein said radio signals are transmitted by one said node simultaneously to plural other said nodes.

59. A method as in claim 57, wherein said radio signals are transmitted by said nodes in separate time slots.

60. A method of providing a radio communications route among a plurality of individual nodes capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other, said nodes being controllable independent of a central computer separate from said nodes, the method comprising the steps of:

establishing radio links between said nodes using radio signals transmitted from each said node and received by other said nodes;

assembling selected said links into an optimum radio communication route between an originating node and a destination node, said route including plural said links; and

changing said route between said originating node and said destination node only when a condition of the route changes.

61. A method as in claim 60, wherein said radio signals are transmitted by one said node simultaneously to plural other said nodes.

62. A method as in claim 60, wherein said radio signals are transmitted by said nodes in separate time slots.