Wireless in-building telecommunications system for voice and data communications
US5475681A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 31, 1994 |
| Grant date | Dec 12, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 31, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02D30/70
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An improved network interface architecture for a packet switch provides a mechanism for handling voice and data packets. Bandwidth allocation can be changed because control and data memories are synchronized to one another. A hierarchical addressing technique is employed to enhance flexibility in handling packet information. This method permits packet message data and certain packet control data to be stored in memory locations without having to be duplicated at a different memory location prior to transmission of the packet. In an exemplary wireless TDMA packet network a control module (CM) sends a time stamp relative to the beginning of its frame in a synchronization packet allowing each of a plurality of user modules (UM) to maintain synchronization relative to the CM. The CM uses a plurality of directional antennas and transmits the synchronization packets over each antenna over a predetermined number of frames. The UMs use a receive time stamp to identify the beginning of a received synchronization packet. The difference between the time stamps combined with a delay constant is used by the UMs to adjust time synchronization to the CM frame. Packets are communicated between the…
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