Distributed multi-nodal voice/data communication
US7280040B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 22, 2005 |
| Grant date | Oct 9, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 14, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08B2001/085
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention comprises systems and methods of creating and maintaining a communications network. It includes a wearable system, a deployable system, an array of physiological sensors, an array of environmental sensors, and the integration of these into a multi-nodal voice and data communication system. The primary communications network is composed of body-worn communications nodes comprising sensors, wearable audio/video communications gear, and wireless digital transceivers. The deployable system supports and extends the body-worn network by providing wider communications coverage, situational environmental monitoring, and navigational aid. The deployable system is composed of small, self-contained, robust network nodes. Each such node combines environmental sensors, a digital wireless “repeater,” and a navigational beacon capability integrated in a hardened, robust package. Nodes are carried by team members and deployed when needed to extend the range of the communications or sensor network.
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