Transmitting portions of a data block in transmission bursts from a plurality of transmitters
US9026168B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 26, 2013 |
| Grant date | May 5, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 29, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W52/283
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A cluster of communications platforms can comprise a master platform and support platforms. The master platform can partition a data block into data partitions and transmit the data partitions via a short range transmitter to the support platforms. Each support platform can include a high power storage device for powering long range burst transmissions of a subset of the data partitions to a distant receiver. Burst transmissions of data partitions by the same support platform can be separated by a charging time period that allows a high power storage device in the support platform to charge from a relatively low average power Pa a relatively high power burst PB that is sufficient to transmit one of the data partitions to a distant receiver.
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