VIRTUAL FULL DUPLEX NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS
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1. A method in a network of distributed wireless communication devices, comprising:
- a first wireless communication device receiving information from a second wireless communication device during a reception slot for the first wireless communication device, the first wireless communication device configured to transmit data packets, the data packets being partitioned to include the reception slot; and
the first wireless communication device receiving information from a third wireless communication device during the reception slot for the first 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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a first wireless communication device receiving information from a second wireless communication device during a reception slot for the first wireless communication device, the first wireless communication device configured to transmit data packets, the data packets being partitioned to include the reception slot; and the first wireless communication device receiving information from a third wireless communication device during the reception slot for the first 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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a first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device transmitting a first and a second information to a third wireless communication device; and the third wireless communication device simultaneously sending 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; 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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