Distributed network, spread-spectrum system
US6493377B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 6, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 10, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 6, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W28/12
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A distributed network, spread-spectrum system comprising a plurality of remote stations and a plurality of nodes. One or more hub node(s) connect(s) to a central telephone office. A node's spread-spectrum transceiver communicates, using packets having spread-spectrum modulation, over radio waves, with the plurality of remote stations. Each packet has a source address and a destination address, and may have other information such as a header, start of message, end of message, flow-control information, forward error correction, and message data. A store-and-forward subsystem stores and forwards one or more packets to and from the remote station. The store-and-forward subsystem stores and forwards the one or more packets to and from another node in the plurality of nodes. A flow-control subsystem controls the store-and-forward subsystem, to store each packet arriving at the spread-spectrum transceiver. The flow-control subsystem communicates traffic information between each of the nodes in the plurality of nodes. The flow-control subsystem routes the packet through appropriate nodes to the hub node from a remote station. Based on the traffic at each node, the flow-control subsystem tr…
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